Self-treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder

In the past 20 years, behavioral therapy has shown great effectiveness in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Among them, [exposure] and [reaction prevention] are very effective behavioral therapy technologies for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. In the traditional process of psychotherapy, patients, under the guidance of a professional therapist, learn to expose themselves to stimuli that aggravate obsessive-compulsive ideas and impulses, and then do not respond in a compulsive way. For example, a person who is irrationally and compulsorily worried about being contaminated by soil may be instructed to take some dirty things with his hands and cannot wash his hands for at least 3 hours afterwards. However, such an approach is dangerous and is by no means suitable for Read More …