People have long believed that compulsive behaviors among people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) arise to mitigate the anxiety that stems from their obsessions. But a new study suggests that the compulsions might themselves be a core feature of OCD, caused by a dissociation between belief and action.
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長期以來，人們一直認為焦慮是引致強迫症的核心，強迫症患者是為了減輕自己的焦慮，才作出強迫行動。但一項新的研究發現，強迫行為可能是由於信念與行為的解離所引致，而強迫行為本身，更有可能是患上強迫症的核心原因。
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