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Can Hypnotherapy Treat OCD?
Hypnotherapy can be used to treat OCD symptoms. Hypnotherapy can offer a form of psychological treatment for OCD symptoms as it can help OCD sufferers to control OCD...
Community Mental Health Support for OCD
Local Community Mental Health Teams can offer treatment and support for OCD symptoms. After the initial visit to a GP for help with OCD symptoms,...
Helping Your Child With OCD
OCD symptoms often occur for the first time in childhood or early adolescence, and as a parent it is extremely distressing to see your child repeatedly performing...
How Alcohol Affects OCD
Although drinking alcohol is a routine part of everyday life for many people, it can cause problems for OCD sufferers. OCD symptoms can feel less intense after...
How to Survive a Holiday as an OCD Sufferer
For some OCD sufferers, a change of scenery and environment can improve your symptoms but for countless others, OCD and holidays are a bad...
Joining a Support Group for OCD
Joining an OCD support group can have several benefits. Many OCD sufferers find it helpful to spend time with people who have the same or similar OCD symptoms....
OCD Medication
In terms of treatment for OCD symptoms, prescription psychiatric medication is one of the preferred methods, especially when combined with psychological or...
Overcoming Barriers to OCD Treatment
Many OCD sufferers want to seek treatment but find that something is holding them back from actually doing so. There are some common 'barriers' that prevent OCD...
Psychiatric Support for OCD
When the time comes to seek treatment for OCD and its symptoms, there are several forms of support available for OCD sufferers. Seeking professional help from a...
Psychological Support for OCD
Many people with OCD are reluctant to seek treatment and support, and will often only do so when their OCD symptoms become too overwhelming to continue ignoring...
Self-help for OCD
When you are officially diagnosed with OCD, it pays to arm yourself with as much knowledge as possible. This enables you to have a much better understanding of your...
Treating OCD with Herbal Remedies
Once OCD has been officially diagnosed, medication will generally come in the form of prescription psychiatric drugs. Not everyone is comfortable taking these, which...
Using NLP Techniques to Treat OCD Symptoms
Neuro-linguistic programming (known as NLP, for short) has been put forward as a form of treatment for OCD. If you've tried other forms of OCD...
Visiting a GP About OCD
Many people with OCD are reluctant to seek advice from a doctor regarding their symptoms. Because of this, many OCD sufferers do not receive an actual diagnosis for...
What to Look for in an OCD Therapist
If you're receiving NHS treatment for OCD, you probably won't have much input into who your therapist is. If you can afford to go private, it's especially important...
Why Isn't My OCD Treatment Working?
Psychological treatments are often put forward as the most effective way of overcoming OCD (sometimes in conjunction with OCD medication) but while they work well...
Why Suppressing Thoughts and Obsessions Doesn't Work
When intrusive thoughts and images enter your mind as a result of your OCD obsessions, it can be tempting to try to block them out in the hope...
