Sentence examples for compulsion as a from inspiring English sources

His doctors, who succeeded in treating him with drugs, describe his compulsion as a manifestation of body dysmorphic disorder, which is sometimes thought of as an "obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder".

Herman might well be staging Freud's repetition compulsion as a household peep show, glimpsed through a variety of filters.

The idea that OCD symptoms stem from a pathologic intensity of excitation is intuitively appealing because it is consistent with the widespread notion of compulsion as a force that initiates behavior.

The focus of this daylong conference will be the brain mechanisms underlying craving and compulsion, as well as treatment approaches to address these mechanisms to promote successful cessation.

Going there every day has become as much of a compulsion as any fix.

The same for the opposition of ethics and desire: the first element of the equation has often been forgotten, along with Roth's compulsions as a moralist, which were basic to his work long before medieval allegory caught his eye.

They have outsized compulsions, as well as profound moral and cognitive failings.

One participant explained that he experienced his compulsions as a highly automatized behavior – he repeatedly caught himself in the act, becoming aware then that he had not been able to mindfully notice an obsessive urge before engaging in a compulsive ritual.

Thought problems reported included obsessions, compulsions as well as strange behaviour.

Depending on the way school leaders communicate and implement this directive from the MOE, teachers may even perceive this as a compulsion as opposed to the ideal of self-directed professional learning.

A paper submitted by the RAC in October 1973 supported a campaign of voluntary persuasion and said it would endorse compulsion only as a last resort.