OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) AND HOARDING
In OCD, a person has repeated intrusive or undesirable thoughts, often about fears of contamination, harm, or of a sexual nature, accompanied by compulsions to get rid of the anxiety arising from those thoughts. Exposure and response prevention helps you learn to keep yourself from performing these compulsive behaviors, and learning to engage differently with feared thoughts. A similar disorder to OCD is hoarding disorder, for which in-home visits are a regular part of treatment.
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