According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2010), there is no sustainable evidence that can justify the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder to some people. Scholars argue that the obsessive-compulsive disorder is a trait passed down from the parent to their offspring. However, there are some families with history of OCD do not exhibit the obsessive-compulsive behaviors. Although the origins of OCD remain an enigma to the scientists, it is a psychological disorder that mostly affects the female population. For the sake of clarity, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder will be substituted as OCD in the text. OCD patients often deal with repetitive actions, unwanted thoughts that cause anxiety. The purpose of this study is to analyze whether the female population is really at risk of having OCD disorder.
