<prompt> Which of the following are true about obsession except:May be present in schizophreniaEgo-dystonicPersists on resistance and causes depression and anxietyDisorder of content of thought  <response>: Ans: D. Disorder of content of thoughtRef Fishs Clinical Psychopathologyp22-24; Niraj Ahuja 7e p95; Kaplan Synopsis 10e p234; CDTP 2e p106, 274, 749Strictly speaking, obsessions are disorders of possession qr thought and not content of thought.Obsessions - Defined as:Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress.The thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life problems.The person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.The person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a product of his or her own mind not imposed from without as in thought inseion . 