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How To Treat Mental Disability?

hi sir,i a banker in yes bank , my brother is 15 years old. he is having mantel problem of touching things with fingers , face and feets . for example, in his school bag , when he has to take a book outside , he insirt two hands together and touches all the books and slowly brings the one book with specific direction. he touched top of water with all fingers in all ways and more than 2 3 minutes. touches gate with fingers . put step on step. pl advice the why he is doing this and what is the solution. he is good in study as he scored 60% in 9th standers, but some times we feel that he is even helpless by himself to stop doing. kindly help us. out contact no is 0000-zulfikar ali saiyed(my husband). mail id YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Hi dear,
your brother have obsessive compulsive disorder in which person is doing specific repetition of act or recurrent images impulse or thoughts comes.
for OCD you have to consult psychiatrist.
There are two treatment strategies
1.medication like SSRI (selective serotonin re uptake inhibitor )
2. psychotherapy in which exposure and response prevention and other therapy is also included.
both together works best.
Consult psychiatrist for detail therapy.
Thank you
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How To Treat Mental Disability?

Hi dear, your brother have obsessive compulsive disorder in which person is doing specific repetition of act or recurrent images impulse or thoughts comes. for OCD you have to consult psychiatrist. There are two treatment strategies 1.medication like SSRI (selective serotonin re uptake inhibitor ) 2. psychotherapy in which exposure and response prevention and other therapy is also included. both together works best. Consult psychiatrist for detail therapy. Thank you