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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Friday's Progress Notes - March 19, 2004
Mental Health Information - Vol. 8 Issue 3
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CONTENTS
1. Diagnosis and treatment of OCD
2. Postpartum women at risk for OCD
3. Filial therpay
4. Children with chronic illness
5. Schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive features
6. Use of cognitive therapy in treating OCD.
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John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Recognition and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a serious and relatively common
disorder that is seldom voluntarily disclosed by patients.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/980401ap/eddy.html
2. PRIMARY CARE COMPANION
A Case Series of Women With Postpartum-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
There is emerging evidence that postpartum women are at risk for the development or worsening of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/pccpdf/v01n04/v01n0402.pdf
3. ERIC DIGEST
Filial Therapy
Filial therapy is an alternative method for treating emotionally disturbed children in which the parent is used as an ally in the therapeutic process.
4. NICCYD
Children with Disabilities: Understanding Sibling Issues
The birth of a child with a disability or chronic illness, or the discovery that a child has a disability, has a profound effect on a family.
5. MEDSCAPE
Schizophrenia With Obsessive-Compulsive Features
The OC symptoms in schizophrenics may take the form of contamination, sexual, religious, aggressive, or somatic themes, with or without accompanying compulsions such as cleaning, checking, hoarding, repeating, or arranging.
6. PRIMARY CARE COMPANION
Cognitive Therapy Lite
This case illustrates the use of cognitive therapy with an OCD patient.
http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/pccpdf/v04n06/v04n0606.pdf
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