Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder due to Another Medical Condition

Symptoms

• Obsessions, compulsions, preoccupations with appearance, hoarding, skin-picking, hair pulling, other body-focused repetitive behaviors, or other symptoms characteristic of obsessive-compulsive and related disorder predominate in the clinical picture.

• There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the disturbance is the direct pathophysiological consequence of another medical condition.

• The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder.

• The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium.

• The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.