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How Can Severe OCD Be Treated?
My sister has some psychiatric problem, she is under treatment from last six months but she stopped taking medication, also despite we book appointment she refuses to meet the doctor and gives silly excuses.. she is very much concerned about her own life and scared of death, don t bath for days, busy in mobile phone watching videos, once start talking about all the problems in her life don t stop easily... washes hands very roughly to clean it very well, cleans togue so much that it could peel tongue skin.. my whole family is going to be destroyed because of her...
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hi
your sister needs to be back on medication ASAP.
Hospitalization for sometime would help.
I suggest you sedate her and take her to a psychiatrist if she refuses to comply.
your sister needs to be back on medication ASAP.
Hospitalization for sometime would help.
I suggest you sedate her and take her to a psychiatrist if she refuses to comply.
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in my opinion she can meet a trained therapist and undergoes exposure response therapy sessions
later on she can be motivated to start on medication like fluoxetine
and if necessary small dose of drugs like risperidone
later on she can be motivated to start on medication like fluoxetine
and if necessary small dose of drugs like risperidone
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