Mothers' experiences of perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Introduction: Perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder (POCD) is characterised by the presence of intrusive thoughts resulting in significant distress and urges to execute repeated behaviours occurring in the perinatal period. POCD is largely understudied and existing literature has mostly studied POCD quantitatively.

Objective: This qualitative study explores the experiences of 10 mothers randomly selected from a larger sample (N = 251; 86.