Volume 4 Issue 11 Nov 2014
❌OCD is all about cleanliness.
✅A fixation on cleanliness may be a common symptom of OCD, but it’s not the only one. Other common compulsions include rearranging, hoarding items, checking and ritualistic behavior.
❌Stress causes OCD. √ OCD incites uncontrollable fears and anxiety — and while stressful situations can exacerbate symptoms in people with obsessive compulsive disorder, stress alone does not cause it.
✅OCD is rare in kids.
❌As per western data, at least 1 in every 200 kids and teens has OCD, and it can strike as young as 4 years old. This is about the same number of children who have other medical condition like juvenile diabetes.
✅OCD isn’t treatable.
❌OCD is definitely treatable. Many psycho-pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions are proved to be useful in treatment of OCD.
❌OCD treatment is mainly drugs.
✅Treatment of OCD involves combination of psychopharmacology and many non-pharmacological measures. It has been found that combination therapy has better prognosis than individual therapy alone.
By Dr Anisha Landage, Resident, Dept of Psychiatry, MGM Medical College & Hospital, Navi Mumbai
