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Obsessive Compulsive disorder
Ocd in adults
It is thought that between one to two per cent of the UK population has OCD. In very severe cases OCD may reach such proportions, that individuals' entire lives, and those of their families, are centred upon them. Behavioural programmes including exposure therapy (CBT) are again useful, particular when combined with 'response prevention' strategies, which encourage people with OCD to tolerate situations which are increasingly stressful to them while remaining calm and resisting the urges. In extreme instances modern antidepressants which have strong anti-obsessional properties are prescribed.
OCD is generally a treatable disorder and some people with OCD get better on their own, but most need help by working with a psychiatrist or a psychologist/cognitive behaviour therapist . Self-help groups, books, leaflets can be very helpful. As in children and young people, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's) medications are also used.
OCD in children
| Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis 
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