A decision to use medications depends largely on your personal preferences, the severity of your symptoms, and the availability of non-medication help in your area. A psychiatrist will almost always offer you medication as the treatment method. If you know in advance that's what you want, ...
In fact, neuroimaging studies have shown that CBT for OCD changes brain activity in the same way as medication but is more effective, has no risk of drug side-effects, and has a much lower relapse rate. The foundation of CBT for OCD involves a method called exposure and response (or ...
Medication has helped tremendously. I need to say that, so why not as a (somewhat) non sequitur? Medication isn’t everything though. This blog remains, however. It was purposely written evergreen. Many of the articles make me cringe, but they are all still relevant in some way. And I...
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