obsessive-compulsive disorder
Findings
No curated finding names obsessive-compulsive disorder yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A disorder characterized by the presence of persistent and recurrent irrational thoughts (obsessions), resulting in marked anxiety and repetitive excessive behaviors (compulsions) as a way to try to decrease that anxiety.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0008114), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
4 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- AnxietyHPOHP:0000739
- CollectionismHPOHP:0030212
- DepressionHPOHP:0000716
- Skin-pickingHPOHP:0012166
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- SLC6A4HGNC:11050
- Limited · PanelApp Australia · Autosomal dominant · 2025
Where it sits
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Also called
- obsessive compulsive disorderobsessive-compulsive disorder, susceptibility to