Loading...Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder where people feel the need to check things repeatedly, perform certain routines repeatedly or have certain thoughts repeatedly. The intensity of the disorder varies between sufferers. People with OCD cannot control either the thoughts or the activities.
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
TREATMENTS
SYMPTOMS
OCD symptoms include, repeated hand washing, counting of things and constant checking to see if a door is locked. Some may have difficulty throwing things away. These activities occur to such a degree that the person’s daily life is negatively affected
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CAUSES
OCD may be caused by the following factors :
– Genetics
– History of child abuse
– Behavioural cause
– Cognitive causes
– Neurological causes
– Environmental causes
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TREATMENTS
Related Acupuncture Points :
HV7 LV3 PC6
Acupuncture Treatment For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health issue. Acupuncture can treat this disorder by giving stimulation at acupoints ; Bai Hui (GV 20) and Yin Tang (M-HN-1). The stimulation requires the electro stimulator machine. The degree of stimulation depends on each patient’s comfort rate. Each session takes about 45 minutes, and the patient receives 5 treatments over a period of 5 weeks. The effectiveness of the treatment will increase if combined with Chinese herbal medicine.
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Footnotes
- NIMH » Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/index.shtml
- Signs and Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, http://www.psychguides.com/guides/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-symptoms-causes-and-effects/
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments …, http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/178508.php#Causes%20of%20OCD
- Acupuncture for Obsessive Complusive Disorder (OCD) » Taylor, http://www.scientificacupuncture.com/modernresearch/compulsive.htm