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When to see a doctor about OCD

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See your doctor if you:
•    Suspect you or a family member may be developing symptoms of OCD.
•    Experience worsening OCD symptoms that aren’t relieved by strategies you learned in CBT.
•    Experience changes in medication side effects.
•    Have new symptoms that may indicate development of another disorder (such as panic or depression).
•    Are going through a life crisis that might worsen your OCD.

Reviewed by Dr Stefanie van Vuuren, MBChB (Stell), M Med (Psig) (Stell), FC (Psych) SA, Psychiatrist in private practice, Durbanville Cape Town, February 2015.

Previously reviewed by Christine Lochner, Coordinator: Genetics and Anxiety Disorders Research, MRC Unit on Anxiety Disorders.

 
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