treatments

• how long to wait before symptoms are treated?

  4 weeks
• what do anxiolytics do?

  inhibit feelings of anxiety
• what is the most common example of an axiolytic?

  fluoxetine
• what are the types of drug therapy for ocd?

  • anti-depressants : SSRIs and Tricyclics
  • anti-anxiety : BZ's
  • raise serotonin / noradrenaline
• what are alternative treatments for ocd?

  psychosurgery

  cognitive behavioural therapy
• what is the evaluation for drugs to treat ocd?

  • Griest et al, meta analysis:

  - bias, in interest of drug companies profit

  -side effects - insomnia and nausea

  • simpson- 45% of cases relapse within 12 weeks
• give pros of drugs treating ocd?

  relatively cheap