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The Treatment of Obsessions (Medicine) by Stanley Rachman. Oxford University Press, 2003. Brain lock: Free yourself from obsessive-compulsive behavior: A four-step self-treatment method to change your brain chemistry by Jeffrey Schwartz and Beverly Beyette. New York: Regan Books, 1997. ISBN 0-06-098711-1. The OCD Workbook by Bruce Hyman and ...
The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale ( DOCS) is a 20-item self-report instrument that assesses the severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms along four empirically supported theme-based dimensions: (a) contamination, (b) responsibility for harm and mistakes, (c) incompleteness/symmetry, and (d) unacceptable (taboo) thoughts ...
2.3% [ 6] Obsessive–compulsive disorder ( OCD) is a mental disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an obsession) and feels the need to perform certain routines ( compulsions) repeatedly to relieve the distress caused by the obsession, to the extent where it impairs general function. [ 1][ 2][ 7] Obsessions are persistent ...
OCD isn't curable, but many treatments are available to reduce symptoms and improve life with the condition. Therapists explain the options. 5 Therapist-Recommended Treatments for Obsessive ...
The study on OCD was published in the Journal of Adolescent Health and tracked more than 9,200 children for two years, starting at ages 9 to 10. Researchers logged how much time the kids spent on ...
The clinic has been used as a site for the validation of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale as well as a treatment site for several federally funded studies, such as a recent R01 federally funded from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the pharmaceutical and behavioral treatment for pediatric OCD. This study ...
Dr. Leana Wen: This study was a survey of 315 parents of preschool-aged children from Nova Scotia, Canada. The same parents took part in the study when their kids were 3.5 years old (in 2020), 4.5 ...
Exposure therapy. Exposure therapy is a technique in behavior therapy to treat anxiety disorders. Exposure therapy involves exposing the patient to the anxiety source or its context (without the intention to cause any danger). Doing so is thought to help them overcome their anxiety or distress. [ 1]: 141–142 [ 2] Numerous studies have ...