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pulsive Disorder
People with pulsive dis­ other brain disorders, such as sertraline, and paroxetine. If one drug
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order (OCD), an anxiety disorder, suffer Tourette’s syndrome. Appropriate does not work, others should be tried.
intensely from recurrent, unwanted diagnosis and treatment of other co­ A number of additional medications
thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive occurring disorders are important to are currently being studied.
behaviors (compulsions) that they feel essful treatment of OCD.
they cannot control. Repetitive behav­ A type of behavioral therapy known as
iors such as handwashing, counting, Treatments for OCD “exposure and response prevention” is
checking, or cleaning are often per- Treatments for OCD include medica­ very useful for treating OCD. In this
formed with the hope of preventing tions and behavioral therapy, a specific approach, a person is deliberately and
obsessive thoughts or making them go type of psychotherapy. bina­ voluntarily exposed to whatever trig­
away. Performing these so-called “ritu­ tion of these treatments is often most gers the obsessive thoughts, and then
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als,” however, provides only temporary effective. is taught techniques to avoid perform­
relief, and not performing them ing pulsive rituals and to deal
markedly increases anxiety. Left untreat­
Several medications have be