Pittsburgh, PA OCD Treatment

Positive Pathways provides individual and group counseling/therapy for Obsessive/Compulsive disorder (OCD) in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Our professional counselors will help your recognize and treat your OCD.

Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD), what is it?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder, more specifically, an anxiety disorder. OCD is manifested in a variety of forms, but is most commonly characterized by a subject's obsessive (repetitive, distressing, intrusive) thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or rituals) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.

Symptoms:

•  Repeated hand washing
•  Specific counting systems
•  Having to “cancel-out” bad thoughts with good thoughts
•  Fear of contamination
•  A need for both sides of the body to feel even and many more

Diagnosis:

Since no straight forward test is available, the following steps are taken to come to a proper diagnosis:

•  Close clinical examination of emotional past.
•  Criteria for diagnosis.
•  Current symptoms.
•  Differential diagnosis.
•  Examination of family history

Since OCD can range from mild to severe, four essential factors are used in the diagnosis of OCD that distinguish OCD from ordinary, mildly intrusive worries or brooding. They are the following:

•  Symptoms cause significant distress.
•  Symptoms take up more than 1 hour a day.
•  Symptoms significantly interfere with work, relationships, or daily functioning.
•  The person recognizes that his or her obsessions and compulsions are unreasonable or excessive.

Listen to a podcast - as Positive-Pathways Therapist, Michael Connelly discusses OCD treatment options with Dr. Howard Gurr: 
 Contact Positive Pathways today at 412-894-8222 for all your Pittsburgh, PA obsessive compulsive disorder therapy needs.

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