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Using the following form you can generate a Target Symptoms List. Check all symptoms that apply. Distinguish between current and past symptoms (first and second check-boxes). Items marked "*" may or may not be an OCD phenomena.

AGGRESSIVE OBSESSIONS

Fear might harm self

Fear might harm others

Violent or horrific images

Fear of blurting out obscenities or insults

Fear of doing something else embarrassing*

Fear will act on unwanted impulses (e.g., to stab friend)

Fear will steal things

Fear will harm others because not careful enough (e.g. hit/run motor vehicle accident)

Fear will be responsible for something else terrible happening (e.g., fire, burglary)

Other

CONTAMINATION OBSESSIONS

Concerns or disgust with bodily waste or secretions (e.g., urine, feces, saliva)

Concern with dirt or germs

Excessive concern with environmental contaminants (e.g. asbestos, radiation toxic waste)

Excessive concern with household items (e.g., cleansers solvents)

Excessive concern with animals (e.g., insects)

Bothered by sticky substances or residues

Concerned will get ill because of contaminant

Concerned will get others ill by spreading contaminant (Aggressive)

No concern with consequences of contamination other than how it might feel

SEXUAL OBSESSIONS

Forbidden or perverse sexual thoughts, images, or impulses

Content involves children or incest

Content involves homosexuality*

Sexual behavior towards others (Aggressive)*

Other

HOARDING/SAVING OBSESSIONS
(distinguish from hobbies and concern with objects of monetary or sentimental value)

RELIGIOUS OBSESSIONS (Scrupulosity)

Concerned with sacrilege and blasphemy

Excess concern with right/wrong, morality

Other

OBSESSION WITH NEED FOR SYMMETRY OR EXACTNESS

Accompanied by magical thinking (e.g., concerned that another will have accident dent unless less things are in the right place)

Not accompanied by magical thinking

MISCELLANEOUS OBSESSIONS

Need to know or remember

Fear of saying certain things

Fear of not saying just the right thing

Fear of losing things

Intrusive (nonviolent) images

Intrusive nonsense sounds, words, or music

Bothered by certain sounds/noises*

Lucky/unlucky numbers

Colors with special significance

3 superstitious fears

Other

SOMATIC OBSESSIONS

Concern with illness or disease*

Excessive concern with body part or aspect of Appearance (eg., dysmorphophobia)*

Other

CLEANING/WASHING COMPULSIONS

Excessive or ritualized handwashing

Excessive or ritualized showering, bathing, toothbrushing grooming, or toilet routine Involves cleaning of household items or other inanimate objects

Other measures to prevent or remove contact with contaminants

Other

CHECKING COMPULSIONS

Checking locks, stove, appliances etc.

Checking that did rot/will not harm others

Checking that did not/will not harm self

Checking that nothing terrible did/will happen

Checking that did not make mistake

Checking tied to somatic obsessions

Other

REPEATING RITUALS

Rereading or rewriting

Need to repeat routine activities jog, in/out door, up/down from chair)

Other

COUNTING COMPULSIONS

ORDERING/ARRANGING COMPULSIONS

HOARDING/COLLECTING COMPULSIONS
(distinguish from hobbies and concern with objects of monetary or sentimental value (e.g., carefully reads junk mail, piles up old newspapers, sorts through garbage, collects useless objects)

MISCELLANEOUS COMPULSIONS

Mental rituals (other than checking/counting)

Excessive listmaking

Need to tell, ask, or confess

Need to touch, tap, or rub*

Rituals involving blinking or staring*

Measures (not checking) to prevent: harm to self - harm to others terrible consequences

Ritualized eating behaviors*

Superstitious behaviors

Trichotillomania *

Other self-damaging or self-mutilating behaviors*

Other