title: Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veteran Affairs, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. svalente@hsc.usc.edu
authors.forename: Sharon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Valente
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*