Compulsion

Template:Sister project Compulsion, Compulsive, Compelling, or Compulsory may refer to:

Psychology

• Compulsive behavior, a psychological condition in which a person does a behavior compulsively, having an overwhelming feeling that they must do so.
• Obsessive–compulsive disorder, a mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety and by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing that anxiety.

Film and television

• Compulsion (1959 film), an American film based on Meyer Levin's novel (see below)
• Compulsion (2009 film), a British television drama inspired by the Jacobean tragedy The Changeling
• Compulsion (2013 film), a Canadian thriller directed by Egidio Coccimiglio
• Compulsion (2016 film), an erotic thriller film directed by Craig Goodwill
• "Compulsion" (CSI), a 2005 TV episode
• Compulsions, a 2009 American web series

Literature

• Compulsion (Hutson novel), a 2001 horror novel by Shaun Hutson
• Compulsion (Levin novel), a 1956 novel and 1957 adapted play by Meyer Levin
  • Compulsion, a 2010 play about Levin, by Rinne Groff
• Compulsion, a 2008 Alex Delaware novel by Jonathan Kellerman
• "Compulsive", a storyline in the science fiction comedy webtoon series Live with Yourself!

Music

• Compulsion (band), a 1990–1997 Irish punk rock band
• Compulsion (album), by Andrew Hill, 1966
• "Compulsion", a song by Joe Crow, covered by Martin Gore on Counterfeit EP, 1989
• "Compulsion", a song by Röyksopp from The Inevitable End, 2014

Video games

• Compulsion Games, a Canadian video game developer

See also

• Authority — power to carry out compulsion
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