Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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.
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Institute of Psychiatry, London.
D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis
D000928:Antidepressive Agents