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Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Prevention

Alternative Names

Obsessive-compulsive neurosis; OCD

Prevention:

There is no known prevention for this disorder.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/6/2008
  • Christos Ballas, MD, Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Denys D. Pharmacotherapy of obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Psychiatr Clin North Am, 2006;29:553-584, xi.