Marital Adjustment and Quality of Life of The Person with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Brief Overview

Abstract

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is long-lived disorder affects about 2.3% of the general population. OCD is a type of anxiety disorder primarily characterized by repetitive obsessions and compulsions. Marital relationship is the foundation of family life because it involves the union between a man and a woman as husband and wife. Quality of life refers to an individual sense of social, emotional and physical wellbeing. The Purpose of the study has to provide information and explore about the marital adjustment and quality of life of the person with obsessive compulsive disorder. Literature has been searched the both electronic databases including PubMed and manual searches for this. It can be said that OCD can directly effect on spouses and leads to much distress and dissatisfaction in marital life. It is also associated with social status and stigma related to the illness that further deteriorates the quality of life of spouses.