Stress And Anxiety

Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD starts from adolescence onwards. They even include unwanted images and impulses which lead to distress and anxiety. These obsessions & compulsions cause intense distress and anxiety and can interfere with the every day activities, relationships, social activities and academic functioning. Teenagers suffering from OCD fear that they might get fall sick due to germs, contaminated food and AIDS. These rituals help them to think that they have overcome the problem for the time being and give them temporary relief. If they do not perform these rituals, they become more anxious. The brain activity patterns of such people differ from normal people and people with other mental disorders. They think that people will label them as crazy and this will make them feel ashamed. This will make it difficult for the parents to talk to their children about their OCD, in order to solve them. Parents need to develop good communication skills for this purpose. Parent’s support is also very important to the adolescent. The treatment can include psychotherapy and intake of medications such as fluoxetine, clomipramine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline and other serotonin reuptake inhibitors. When OCD is caused due to streptococcal infection, the adolescent can be administered with antibiotics to kill the bacterium which is causing it. In this therapy, the adolescent is wontedly exposed to his/her fears which give him/her obsessive thought. When a individual with OCD and other mental illness, is treated, OCD becomes more difficult to treat and even diagnose.

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