How, and Why, is OCD a genetic disorder?

I was wondering how I could go about trying to get a genetic disorder (Trisomy 18...aka "Edward's Syndrome") into child devel...

I think I might have ocd..how do you get diagnosed?

What are some mood disorders kinda like bipolar but not as severe.

My mother is very neat, very very neat. She seems to have an absolute need to clean. Every night, the entire house has to be ...

is Obessive compulsive disorder the same thing as compuslive personality disorder?

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)...someone that washes hands excessively, checks things repetitively, counts things, etc.

ok so I have the worst ocd (obsesisive compulsive disorder) or I think I do. its so annoying. I have to touch everything like...

my mom took me to the docter and out of the blue my mom starts talking about my ocd problems and worrying. I talked to the d...

how would you know if you have OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder please help!

Does anyone know how many people (percentage or number) in north america or the world suffer from compulsive disorder?