Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Treatment
Treatment of OCD includes the following:

Behavior therapy, e.g., exposure and response prevention
Antidepressant medication
Surgical severing of the cingulum (in extremely rare cases)




There is good clinical support for the efficacy of behavior treatment, especially when combined with medication.

Goals of behavior therapy include desensitization and relearning. The method with the most certainty is exposure and response prevention therapy. This method exposes the pat...Read the full article