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Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder |
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| Authors: | D Veale |
| Affiliation: | Institute of Psychiatry, London. |
| Abstract: | Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by compulsive rituals such as excessive washing and repeated checking and phobic avoidance. The treatment of choice is behavioural psychotherapy, namely exposure and response prevention. |
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