Obsessive compulsive disorder: a sufferer's viewpoint.
This is a personal account of trying to live and cope with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) written primarily by a sufferer attending the Victorian OCD Support Group. It outlines some of the suffering and distress of having the disorder, some of the efforts and techniques used in trying to understand and cope with the disorder, the fortitude and endurance required, the difficulty in seeking and accepting treatment and some of the sufferer's hopes for a better future.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012803:Sick Role; D013850:Thinking