Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Could Soon Have Its Own Disease Classification, and Trials of a Drug/Psychotherapy Combination Treatment are Ongoing
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterised by obsessioins, compulsive behaviors, or both.
New developments in the treatment of OCD involve medications that work in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the most promising of which is D-cycloserine. OCD could be placed in a new classification of its own when mental health nomenclature is revised in future years.
