title: Combined therapies in OCD.
abstract: 1. A supportive and therapeutic approach, including implementing "combined" therapies, has been important in achieving recovery of obsessive-compulsive disorder in a community setting. 2. Helping the patient maintain independence after professional community support has been discontinued was a primary objective of the initial treatment plan. 3. The combination of behavioral, cognitive, and pharmacological therapies has been successful in achieving ongoing maintenance of independence and desensitization to the anxiety and phobias within the patient's home environment and community and has prevented further hospitalizations.
authors.affiliation: North Shore Community Mental Health Centre, North Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs