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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Could Soon Have Its Own Disease Classification, And Trials Of A Drug/Psychotherapy Combination Treatment Are Ongoing

August 7, 2009 by

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterised by obsessions, compulsive behaviours, or both. New developments in the treatment of OCD involve medications that work in conjunction with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), the most promising of which is D-cycloserine. OCD could be placed in a new classification of its own when mental health nomenclature is revised in future years*.