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mental health professional and receive proper treatment for
their problem. This is not true, and the result of this belief
is often misdiagnosis, failed treatment, and other circumstances
that waste a person's time and money. Finding the
right type of therapist is probably the most important factor
in getting healthy.
First, one should know the differences between various
types of mental health practitioners. When dealing with
OCD, these are primarily in the fields of psychiatry and
psychology.
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is a medical field in which professionals focus
on the biological “nuts and bolts” of human processes. A
psychiatrist generally deals with physical impairment, such
as neurological dysfunction.
Treatment methods common in psychiatry include some
form of physical alteration, such as medications to manipulate
neurological changes. Psychiatry is a field based on the
theory that mental illness is a physical issue, and cannot improve
without changing physiological elements.
If one should choose to see a psychiatrist, he or she
would be working with someone who does not usually associate
environmental circumstances with causes of OCD.
He or she can expect to be prescribed medication. Additionally,
the diagnosis may include blood tests, CT scans,
and other investigative medical procedures.
Some psychiatrists do extend their treatment practices
into the areas of psychology, which focuses on behavioral
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