... -playing under the supervision of the therapist can help the family members and the patients themselves to understand which interventions are helpful and which might be counterproductive. With regard to homework, patients should keep a diary of self-exposure, to serve as a reminder, a subtle reinforce and a tangible means of monitoring efforts and progress while helping to identify areas of resistance. A fair trial ... and Scott L. Rauch, MD recommend the following approach for managing patients with treatment-resistant OCD Step 1 : Augmentation of SSRI with clonazepam (Klonopin) Clonaze...

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... taking longer times to get ready. As time went on, rituals such as doing things in certain order, doing things in groups of three's, obsessing on how homework looked, and ended up missing out on a lot of teenage activities. She tried to hide her problem from everyone. Amy saw a special on 20/20 ... and helps decide what to do to heal their problem (Tavris). A drug that could work to help heal OCD is an anti-anxiety pill named Clomipramine. Prozac is a common drug but once the patient is off of it, many have relapses of the disorder. Clomipramine is an ... anti-obsession drug. All drugs ...

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