OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: SIGNS, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT

Course overview

This continuing education course addresses OCD, including symptoms and subtypes, differential diagnoses, causal and influential factors, presentation across the lifespan, and assessment. Nurses will also learn how to use a multimodal approach to assist clients in their recovery and to maximize treatment outcomes. To help illustrate this approach, the courser presents details of a specific hypothetical client¿s therapeutic process, from assessment to diagnosis to treatment. Course Objectives ¿Identify the symptoms and subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). ¿Distinguish between OCD and differential disorders. ¿Describe the causal and influential factors of OCD. ¿Describe the presentation of OCD across the lifespan. ¿Describe approaches for OCD assessment, treatment, and relapse prevention. ¿Explain ways to evaluate OCD treatment outcomes.