an 'obsessive-compulsive' person/patient = a person/patient who is 'obsessive-compulsive'
treatment for 'obsessive-compulsives' [=people who have obsessive-compulsive disorder]
The new therapy is supposed to help people control their 'obsessive' thoughts.
(..) to go to sleep I just have two more pen pals Finish quickly I don't want you getting obsessive about these things Good night All right Obsessive Obsessive Dad, you want me to choose my words so carefully, then you throw a word like "obsessive" at me Now, unless I'm wrong obsession is practically a psychiatric term concerning people who don't have anything else (..)1987 Broadcast News