Introducing a new series: evidence-based decision-making.
A patient comes to your office with repeated unwanted and intrusive thoughts that prevent her from conducting her daily life activities and that make her anxious. You apply a simple screening and conclude that she may have an obsessive-compulsive disorder. The work-up rules out other less frequent causes of similar manifestations and a more formal diagnostic interview confirms your clinical suspicion. What are the best treatment options you can offer your patient and how successful are they?
Editora jefe, Medwave. Address: Villaseca 21, oficina 702, Ñuñoa, Santiago de Chile. Email: vbachelet@medwave.cl.
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D003657:Decision Making; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*