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Researchers have multiple theories of the underlying causes of obsessions and compulsions of obsessive-compulsive disorder. A quote by Robinson and Freeston (2014) sums it up the philosophical debate pretty well: By a cognitive account, thoughts and thinking biases generate emotions (Lazarus, 1984), in which case difficulties identifying, expressing and tolerating […]