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BOSTON — Behavioral avoidance could limit the long-term efficacy of exposure and response prevention (ERP), a widely used treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a new analysis shows. Although avoidant patients with OCD reported symptom improvement immediately after treatment, baseline avoidance was associated with significantly worse outcomes 1 year later. “Avoidance is often overlooked in […]
Author : News Health
Publish date : 2024-04-23 13:29:26
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