OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER: REPORT OF SIX CASES

Abstract

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) refers to interloping and interative thoughts. ideas.
images, fantasies. impulses and actions accompanied by feelings of distress and declarations
of rcsistancc. It is assun~ed that OCD is rare among black Africans. This paper reports six
cases from Uganda. The report indicates that OCD exists among black Africans and that
those affected experience considerable amounts of emotional, social and occupational
distress. It is suggested that OCD should he taught adequately to medical students to enable
Future general-duty medical officers to recognise and manage it appropriately. The names
that appear in the text arc pseudonyms.