Vinnie often takes several minutes to leave his house. Every morning he finds he cannot quit worrying if he locked the door until he checks the lock 7 times, each time taking exactly seven steps from his car to the front door. Vinnie probably has

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Vinnie's behavior of repeatedly checking the lock and taking the same number of steps each time suggests obsessive-compulsive disorder. In OCD, individuals have recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are intrusive and cause anxiety or distress (obsessions), and repetitive behaviors or mental acts that they feel driven to perform (compulsions) in response to those obsessions. Vinnie's checking behavior is a compulsion that he feels driven to perform in response to his obsession with worrying about the status of his door lock.

Vinnie Often Takes Several Minutes to Leave His House