TOPIC: Identification and management of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). PURPOSE: To increase advanced practice clinicians' awareness of the prevalence, screening tools, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and therapeutic management of OCD. SOURCES: Published literature. CONCLUSIONS: Nurses have a pivotal role in teaching self-management techniques to people with OCD.
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