Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, entails having intrusive obsessions, compulsions, or both. In this video, mental health professionals explain the symptoms and treatment of OCD.
Dr. Michaelis is a clinical and media psychologist in New York City.
Dr. Saltz is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine and a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
Dr. Watkins is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's the Associate Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and was previously the Associate Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2021) What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Brock, H., et al. (2024). Obsessive-compulsive disorder. StatPearls.
National Institute of Mental Health. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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