If Your Thoughts Make You Extremely Nervous and Compel You

question 86

Multiple Choice

If your thoughts make you extremely nervous and compel you to rigidly repeat certain actions or routines,you would mostly likely have a(n)

• A) social phobia.
• B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• C) generalized anxiety disorder.
• D) delusional disorder.

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