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Crimes involving children
Work-related problems
Loss of employment
Financial distress
Social problems (e.g., racism, homosexual abuse, or
abuse related to physical or mental disabilities)
Legal problems
Relocation
Natural disaster
Accident (e.g., vehicle, pedestrian, or home fire)
Crime (e.g., robbery, rape, assault, identity theft, or
kidnapping)
Drug addiction
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OCD may be a result of other disorders, and is often
found to accompany them. Other mental illnesses, such as
depression, paranoid disorders, and other anxiety-related
problems may exist before the onset of OCD. Without treatment,
additional mental illness may develop, like a snowball
effect.
For example, social ridiculing can lead to depression,
which leads to social anxiety. The social anxiety develops
into panic disorder. The panic disorder develops into obsessional
behavior, which then leads to OCD.
The following are statistics for mental illnesses accompanying
OCD:
• Two-thirds of OCD patients have depression.
• Up to 70% of OCD patients have Major Depres-
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