Abstract:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is typically thought of as a single mental health disorder. More recently, internally-focused (autogenous) and externally-focused (reactive) subtypes have been proposed. This study examined the language used in describing these subtypes using anonymous posts from Reddit. The study used natural language processing software to look at differences in the use of the linguistic variables of first-person singular, first-person plural, third-person singular, and third-person plural… Show more
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