Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
Obsession refers to persistent, recurrent, and unwanted thoughts that prevent people from attending to normal daily activities.
Compulsion refers to repeated, irresistible behaviors
Details
2 in 50 have had or will have this disorder at some point in their life.
The disorder is not dominant in either male or female, but symptoms are shown in early childhood for males and early 20's for females.
Washing Hands
This then causes the patient to wash their hands multitudes of times a day. OCD patients who do this can have rashes of irritated skin from washing their hands so much.
Organization
Doubting whether a task is done
What Causes OCD?
People who have OCD have a different brain structure, while, scientists still do not know the exact cause or causes of OCD, but research suggests that differences in the brain and genes of those affected may play a role. OCD patients have a higher brain activity in certain areas of the brain such as at the front of the brain just above the eyeballs and deep within the brain.
Treatments
The most effective treatments for OCD are Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and/or medication . More specifically, the most effective treatments are a type of CBT called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), which has the strongest evidence supporting its use in the treatment of OCD, and/or a class of medications called serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SRIs.
Medications can only be prescribed by a licensed medical professionals (such as your physician or a psychiatrist), who would ideally work together with the therapist to develop a treatment plan.
James Marshall OCD Foundation
Website: http://www.cureocd.org/
Location: 203 Legion Street, Verona, WI, 53593
Phone: 608-845-3664
Beyond OCD
Website: http://beyondocd.org/
Location: 2300 Lincoln Park West, Suite 206B
Phone: 773-661-9530
International OCD Foundation
Email: info@iocdf.org
Website: https://iocdf.org/
Location: International OCD Foundation, Inc.
Phone: 6179735801
Facebook: facebook.com/IOCDF
Twitter: @IOCDF
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