Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
OBJECTIVE
Identification and management of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).


OBJECTIVE
To increase advanced practice clinicians' awareness of the prevalence, screening tools, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic management of OCD.


METHODS
Published literature.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses have a pivotal role in teaching self-management techniques to people with OCD.
Valente
Sharon M
SM
Department of Veteran Affairs, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. svalente@hsc.usc.edu
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*