![]() ![]() ![]() The first thing you should ensure is that the health professional is made aware of is this very specific paragraph in the NHS NICE Guidelines for the treatment of OCD, in which they state: “Consult mental health professional with specific expertise in OCD if uncertain about risks associated with intrusive sexual, aggressive or death-related thoughts. This however should not prevent you from reaching out for help and why it’s important we prepare you with some additional tools should you be met with blank expressions or alarmed faces when you open up. This is not meant to alarm anyone, but we have a duty to educate and prepare you. ![]() Whilst most healthcare professionals should understand how distressing OCD can be and should not be alarmed by the graphic nature of some of those more unpleasant or disturbing thoughts, it would be wrong of us not to say that sadly just very occasionally you may still come across ones that fail to differentiate between OCD and ‘intent’/’risk’. For example, fears about picking up a knife to stab someone, or fears about inappropriately touching a baby or a child, all of which are incredibly common, and do not indicate risk.Īs we know, there is no documented evidence suggesting anyone with OCD has actually carried out their actions, far from it, people with OCD go to extreme lengths not to carry out such actions.īut despite worries about sharing such thoughts, it’s important to be honest when talking about our OCD, because health professionals can’t help us if they don’t understand what problems we’re experiencing. It can be particularly difficult if that person’s OCD involves unwanted intrusive thoughts of a graphic sexual or violent nature. Research Paper: Risk assessment and management in obsessive–compulsive disorder by David Veale, Mark Freeston, Georgina Krebs, Isobel Heyman and Paul Salkovskisįor some whose OCD is about very unpleasant or disturbing thoughts it can be challenging to talk about their OCD, worried about how their unwanted thoughts and images might be perceived. ![]()
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