title: Obsessive compulsive disorder. An update.
abstract: Developments in the neurosciences, neuropharmacology and in cognitive/behavioural therapy have helped in providing effective treatment for OCD. That OCD can be treated successfully is likely to lead to greater public demands on clinicians for diagnosis and treatment. It is thus hoped that the quality of life for sufferers will improve and the secretiveness and shame they now feel about their illness will no longer occur.
authors: Associate Department of Psychiatry, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.
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authors: Jefferys
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002997:Clomipramine