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Diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Pharmacological Treatment

The diagnosis of OCD is made if at least two weeks occurred on most days obsessions and / or obsessive thoughts are that have been experienced by those affected as painful, or have interrupted their normal activities.

To check whether a obsessive compulsive disorder, those affected will be examined at different levels: In clinical interviews, the symptoms can be retrieved and associated thoughts. If it is possible to observe the symptomatic behavior, or encourage people to become self-observation, can such important information about the problems of those affected will be won. In addition, different questionnaires have been developed to capture the history of constraints and to evaluate it.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment

On the treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder medication and psychotherapeutic treatments are combined. In this way, most markedly reduced the level of suffering and to improve the control and management of complaints.

Pharmacological Treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder

For obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment, drug treatment is to positively influence the impaired brain functions. These Read more…

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Causes of OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Neurobiological and Symptoms

The causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD are probably in organic interaction and psychological factors justified. In addition, compulsive disorder frequently associated with depressive disorders, anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse and also eating disorders.

Neurobiological findings

An obsessive-compulsive disorder / OCD is associated with impaired function of certain brain regions (basal ganglia, limbic system and frontal cortex). The interaction of these brain structures, the neurotransmitter serotonin, is involved in impulse control plays an important role. Drugs which inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, leading to an improvement in obsessive compulsive disorder. A similar result is obtained when the connection between two of the involved brain regions (basal ganglia and frontal cortex) is surgically interrupted. This suggests that there is a biologically determined susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive disorder. That an obsessive-compulsive disorder as the cause of biological factors play a role, also shows the family history : the higher degree of relationship is to a people with obsessive compulsive disorder, the higher  likelihood of developing also an obsessive compulsive disorder too. However, neurobiological theories can not alone explain the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder. For Read more…

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