What is a “preoccupation”?

This article was published on March 19, 2022 Preoccupation is, unfortunately, not defined by the Glossary in DSM-5 though the term is used in the text of DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Here’s a definition—A preoccupation is “a topic or recurrent theme that is unduly prominent in the patient’s thoughts and conversation, even when other…