How To Help a Loved One With OCD
When you are living with an OCD family member, it is natural to experience both frustration and a desire to help. Here is how to provide meaningful support that ultimately improves...
How Are Anxiety and OCD Related?
Fundamentally, there are relatively few distinctions between anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Ultimately, OCD is best understood as an extreme manifestation of...
What Causes OCD?
While there is no singular cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder, it can be helpful to understand some of the underlying factors behind the diagnosis. Understanding the Causes of...
What Are the Best OCD Treatment Options?
Even in complex cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that significantly impact quality of life, treatment and recovery are possible. It is best to start with an...
Understanding Dual Diagnosis: Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse
When treating dual diagnosis issues like schizophrenia in conjunction with substance abuse, you have to account for the full scope of underlying factors, including past trauma,...
How Do You Diagnose Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a complex diagnosis, and the diagnostic criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) criteria can be vague or...
Can Schizophrenia Go Away?
Schizophrenia is a complex psychological issue for which there is no cure. That said, many individuals have learned to successfully manage their symptoms and go on to live a...
What You Need To Know About How Bipolar Medication Works
When looking for a solution to a potential bipolar diagnosis, the medical community has predominantly erred on the side of overdiagnosis and overmedication. Here are the problems...
The Problem With Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry
At PCH, we witness the problems caused by overdiagnosing mental issues on a daily basis. Here’s what those problems look like and what we’re doing to solve them. What Is...
How Does Bipolar Affect a Person in Everyday Life?
Whether you’re trying to connect clinical bipolar symptoms with everyday life or understand if you may be dealing with bipolar mood patterns, it’s helpful to look beyond diagnostic...
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How To Help a Loved One With OCD
When you are living with an OCD family member, it is natural to experience both frustration and a desire to help. Here is how to provide meaningful support that ultimately improves...
