Thanks for the question. Depression and OCD are two different diagnosis. Depression presents with low mood which is pervasive or daily for atleast two weeks along with lack in interest in daily activities. Other symptoms needed for diagnosis are changes in appetite, sleep, weight, difficulty in concentration, psychomotor agitation or retardation and sometime death wishes. OCD presents with obsessions like fear of contamination or symmetry and compulsions like repetitive hand washing or cleaning, organising things in particular order or saying silently prayers or mental acts to counter blasphemous thoughts which are obsessions. When one person presents with long standing OCD they sometimes get a depressive episode when they are not able to cope with the symptoms of OCD. So they now fulfill the criteria of both depression and OCD. Depression with OCD has all above features .
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