OCD Treatment- Exposure and Response Prevention The most effective treatments for OCD are CBT and medication. Approximately 70% of OCD sufferers will derive benefit from exposure and response prevention and/or medication for OCD.(Griest&Jenike,2009) ERP is more effective than medication, with typical OCD symptom reduction on medication being 40-60% and CBT achieving 60-80% symptom reduction What is …
Overcome OCD with the help of a clinical psychologist and exposure and response prevention You can overcome OCD, without leaving home, using Medicare rebateable telehealth services via phone or video conferencing via coviu. You do not need to download any software as a link is sent to you and you merely click on the link. …
Violent, intrusive thoughts may cause some people much distress as they can be frequent, difficult to dismiss and when dismissed they can recur, However, most people experience some unwanted and unpleasant thoughts, images or impulses. Intrusive thoughts can also occur when people are depressed, anxious or have OCD. if you have found yourself googling “violent intrusive …
During this COVID-19 crisis it’s important to be mindful that,( even though you may consider that you are not at risk of dying), you can be putting others lives at risk. I was at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre with a relative today and people with cancer are particularly vulnerable to the virus. Please ensure you …
‘Ugliness: it’s all in the mind’ was a news heading that caught my eye this morning in ‘The Sunday Age’. Apparently, researchers at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology have found that a significant number of people wanting cosmetic surgery to remedy appearance flaws have brain abnormalities. These brain abnormalities are found in approx. 1-2% …
13/08/2014 Like millions of other people, I was saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams. As a child I watched many episodes of Mork & Mindy and I even recall his first appearance as Mork on Happy Days! I can’t say I was such a devoted fan that I watched every movie he …
27/07/2014 This cold Sunday morning I grabbed the paper for a quick read and found that Jo Stanley had written an article “Comfortably Shy’. Jo is the co-host of Weekend Breakfast on the Today Network and has a reasonably high media profile. It is always good to see celebrities being open about experiencing shyness …
13/07/2014 Anxiety and depression in teens on the increase? According to an article by Amy Corderoy, in The Age newspaper Saturday July 12, 201, a review of 19 studies in 12 countries has found that more teenagers are getting anxiety and depression than they did approximately ten years ago. A child and adolescent psychiatrist, Dr …
8/7/2014 I don’t get to watch much TV so I missed seeing Megan Washington on ABC’s Australian Story program this week. She was talking about how she had a stutter from the age of 5 . Megan did a TED talk where she publicly spoke about her stuttering and how she had spent years trying …
23/6/2014 Today I was bit surprised, but delighted to get a call from ABC 702 radio‘s The Drive Show program hosted by Richard Glover. I was invited to participate in an on air discussion about introversion and extroversion. I hadn’t looked at the news today but apparently there are plans for people are going to Mars. Well …