... include insomnia, akathisia (motor restlessness), nausea and diarrhea (Eddy & Gordon, 1999). Psychotherapeutic Method of Treatment: Successful psychotherapeutic methods for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder involve some variation of behavior therapy based on exposure of the patient to the feared object or obsession. Patients are increasingly exposed to the stimuli they usually avoid (a "contaminated" object) while being ... is terminated (Eddy & Gordon, 1999). Recent guidelines for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder indicate that when the overall effectiveness of...

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