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Obsessive‐Compulsive Disorder
Author(s) -
Valente Sharon M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2002.tb01563.x
Subject(s) - obsessive compulsive , psychiatry , psychology , differential diagnosis , psychotherapist , identification (biology) , clinical practice , medicine , clinical psychology , family medicine , pathology , botany , biology
TOPIC. Identification and management of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD). PURPOSE. To increase advanced practice clinicians' awareness of the prevalence, screening tools, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic management of OCD. SOURCES. Published literature. CONCLUSIONS. Nurses have a pivotal role in teaching self‐management techniques to people with OCD. Search terms: Anxiety disorders, obsessive‐compulsive disorder