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    How is OCD diagnosed?

    Resources
    OCD can only be diagnosed by a licensed mental health
    professional, such as a psychologist, social worker,
    For more information and to find help:
    counselor, or psychiatrist. iocdf.org
    To diagnose someone with OCD, a mental health For support and resources from the Peace of
    professional looks for three things: Mind Virtual Community:
    1. The person has obsessions. iocdf.org/peaceofmind
    2. The person does compulsions.
    For more information for kids and teens:
    3. The obsessions and compulsions take up a lot
    of time and get in the way of important activities OCDinKids.org

    What is OCD?
    the person values, like going to work or school, For more information for families:
    spending time with their family, etc.
    iocdf.org/families
    For more information about anxiety/OCD in
    OCD by the numbers school: anxietyintheclassroom.org Facts about obsessive
    For online community support:
    • About one in 100 adults currently have OCD.
    That’s over three million people in the United
    HealthUnlocked.com/my-ocd compulsive disorder
    States, or the populations of Phoenix, AZ and For information about living with OCD:
    Philadelphia, PA combined. iocdf.org/living-with-ocd
    • About one in 200 kids and teens currently have
    OCD. That’s about the population of Atlanta,
    GA. OCD can start at any age, though there are For more information about OCD-related
    generally two age ranges when OCD first appears. disorders:
    The first is between ages 10–12, and the second is
    between the late teens and early adulthood. • Hoarding disorder: HelpForHoarding.org
    • OCD affects men, women, and children of all • Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD): HelpForBDD.org
    races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. • The TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive
    • Kids live with their OCD symptoms for an Behaviors: bfrb.org
    average of two and a half years before getting • Tourette Association of America: tourette.org
    help from a professional. A survey of adults with
    OCD reported that it took an average of 14 to
    17 years for them to find effective treatment.
    Once connected to appropriate treatment, the
    majority of people with OCD (around 70%) will
    benefit from therapy, medicine, or a combination
    of the two.

    RESOURCES. RESEARCH. RESPECT.


    P.O. Box 961029 t: 617-973-5801
    Boston, MA 02196 [email protected]
    iocdf.org    
    Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health
    disorder that affects people of all ages and walks of
    How is OCD treated? Disorders related to OCD
    life, and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of The most effective treatments for OCD are cognitive There are some disorders that are grouped together
    obsessions and compulsions. behavioral therapy (CBT) and/or medication. More with OCD in a “chapter” in the Diagnostic and Statistical
    specifically, the most effective and evidence-based Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). These disorders
    Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, images, or urges treatments are a type of CBT called exposure and share some common characteristics with OCD, but are
    that may be extreme or disturbing. The obsessions are response prevention (ERP) and/or a class of medications also different in important ways. They include:
    accompanied by uncomfortable feelings such as fear, called serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SRIs.
    disgust, doubt, or a feeling that things have to be “just • Hoarding disorder (HD), in which individuals
    right.” These obsessions occur over and over again and ERP therapy involves working with a licensed mental collect and keep a lot of items that clutter living spaces,
    feel outside of the person’s control. health professional (such as a psychologist, social
    worker, or mental health counselor) to face your fears keep spaces from being used as intended, and cause
    Common obsessions can include: through “exposure” without doing your compulsions — distress or problems in day-to-day activities.
    • Contamination the “response prevention.”
    • Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), in which
    • Perfectionism ERP is typically done in an outpatient setting, which individuals are very preoccupied with one or more
    means you visit your therapist’s office at a scheduled aspects of their physical appearance, and perform
    • Harm coming to oneself or to others time weekly or a few times a week. In collaboration repetitive compulsive behaviors to fix, hide, inspect,
    • Loss of control over one’s actions with your therapist, you will use structured exercises
    or obtain reassurance about the disliked aspects.
    and tasks, as well as homework assignments to help
    • Unwanted intrusive thoughts, usually violent or sexual you along the way. • Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs),
    • Religious obsessions (also referred to as “scrupulosity”) Medication may also be used, either by itself or along in which individuals perform repeated, compulsive
    with ERP treatment. Most of the SRI medicines that help self-grooming behaviors that result in damage to their
    Compulsions are excessive, repetitive behaviors or with OCD are also known as antidepressants. Several body. BFRBs include excoriation disorder (skin picking)
    “mental acts” (e.g., thought suppression, counting, or drugs are considered to work well for people with OCD: and trichotillomania (hair pulling).
    praying) that a person uses to try to neutralize or make
    their obsessions or distress go away. People with OCD • Fluvoxamine (Luvox ®)
    usually recognize that using compulsions is only a • Fluoxetine (Prozac ®)
    temporary solution, but without any other way to cope,
    they rely on compulsions as a brief escape. • Sertraline (Zoloft ®)
    Common compulsions can include: • Paroxetine (Paxil ®)
    • Frequent, excessive washing and/or cleaning • Citalopram (Celexa ®)
    • Frequent, excessive checking (e.g., that the door is • Clomipramine (Anafranil ®)
    locked, or that the oven is off) • Escitalopram (Lexapro ®)
    • Repeating • Venlafaxine (Effexor ®)
    • Mental compulsions (e.g., counting, praying, Only a licensed medical professional (such as a
    and reviewing) psychiatrist or physician) can prescribe medication, and
    • Frequent, excessive reassurance they would ideally work together with the therapist to
    seeking (e.g., asking “Are you sure develop a treatment plan.
    I’m going to be OK?”) OCD treatment can be difficult and requires a lot of
    courage and determination. Having a support network
    • Avoiding situations that may
    during treatment can make all the difference.
    trigger obsessions
    Support groups (whether in person or online) can be
    great additions to your individual treatment, connecting
    you to other people who understand what you are
    going through.

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