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I Have OCD. This Is What It’s Like to Be in My Mind for 3 Minutes.

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- OCD  symptoms can  become worse due to stress, illnesses, and fatigue
- 1 out of 200 adults have OCD
-OCD is difficult to treat , but can get life back on track with the right help
- Nearly 1/3 to 1/2 of all sufferers will hind their OCD roots in childhood
International OCD Foundation-Medications for OCD

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- 10 to 12 weeks many feel no positive effects for the first few weeks of treatment but improve greatly later on
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http:/iocdf.org/about-ocd/treatment/

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- Congnitive Behavior Theropy (CBT)
-Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- 70% benefit from ERP or Medication
- Set appointment times once or a few times a week with a therapist office
http:/iocdf.org/about-ocd/treatment/

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- Therapy can cost  $100 per hour or some therapists or clinics offer therapy on a sliding scale which means changes based on income
- Medication for most pharmacy companies offer assistance for patients provide  prescribed medication at little to no cost
Low-cost Treatment

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- 2.3% of population between ages 18-54 suffers from OCD
- In U.S. approximately 3.3 million people have OCD
UOCD: Facts

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-In adults females are affected at slightly higher rate then males in adulthood
http//uptedate.com/.../obsessive-compulsive-disorder-in-adults....

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- Repeated thoughts, images of committing sexual acts          that may conflict with religious beliefs.
-Compulsively neat, organized
- Fearing germ, dirt, contamination, intruders, or violence
- Imagining hurting love ones
- Engage in repetitive or mental acts
- Washing hands, locking and unlocking doors, counting, keep unneeded items
- Repeat same steps to any task again and again
- No pleasure from engaging in rituals on the thoughts and rituals
- Spend at least an hour a day doing rituals that can cause distress and get in the way of daily life.

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- Anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, images, and sensations and engage in behaviors in response to these obsessions
www.psychologytoday. com