OCD
...he reason behind this is that a majority of patients respond well to medication that affects the neurotransmitter serotonin, which means it has a neurobiological basis. Therefore OCD is no longer attributed to attitudes a person learned in childhood. OCD can also be accompanied by other disorders such as: depression, eat disorders, attention deficit disorder, and other anxiety disorders. Theses other disorders make OCD harder to treat and diagnose. Some of the key features of OCD are obsessions, compulsions, insight, and resistance. Obsessions are unwanted impulse or ideas that repeatedly build up in the mind. Compulsions are the response to the obsession. An example is a person washing there hands over and over again is that they are obsessed with being clean so they have the compulsion to always wash there hands. Can OCD be treated? There are effective treatments for OCD. There is also research is producing new, improved therapies, which can help people with OCD. Through clinical and animal research scientist have provided information leading to both pharmacological and behavioral treatments that can help people with OCD. A combination of these two types of treatments is the best way to treat persons with OCD. When they use behavior therapy they use an approach called “Exposure an response prevention. In t...