OCD and Spectrum Disorders Treatment

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by persistent obsessions and compulsions that interfere with the person’s academic, social and occupational life. Obsessions are images, impulses and thoughts that cause significant distress and anxiety. The person feels that these obsessions are unreasonable and beyond their control...read more

Body Dysmorphic Disorder Treatment

Body dysmorphic disorder is characterized by a severe dissatisfaction with a perceived physical flaw. This flaw (e.g, a crooked nose, scars, facial asymmetry, cellulite) may be totally absent or be insignificant compared to the excessive preoccupation of the person...read more

Health Anxiety Disorder Treatment

Health Anxiety was formerly known as hypochondriasis. It is characterized by a persistent preoccupation with having a serious disease despite getting medical reassurance. People with this disorder may exaggerate the severity of the alleged problem or misinterpret one or more bodily signs (e.g. small sore may be associated to skin cancer). Sufferers of Health Anxiety may feel overly distressed when they experience slight changes in their physiological functioning (e.g. heartbeat, hot flushes). They quickly attribute these changes to their feared illnesses...read more

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