Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Br J Hosp Med. 1990 Apr;43(4):278-81.

Abstract

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by compulsive rituals such as excessive washing and repeated checking and phobic avoidance. The treatment of choice is behavioural psychotherapy, namely exposure and response prevention.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Ceremonial Behavior
  • Habituation, Psychophysiologic
  • Humans
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / drug therapy
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy*
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents