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                                                                                         Service · Integrity · Compassion

	Problems:
	Persistent ideas, thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress		Repeated thoughts about contamination, doubt, aggressive or horrific impulses, need for order or sexual imagery
	Repetitive behavior to prevent to reduce anxiety or distress		Behavior demonstrating significant interference with the individual’s normal routine, occupational functioning or usual social activities or relationships with others
	Attempt at ignoring, suppressing or neutralizing obsessions with some other thought or action

	Goals:
	Reduce time spent on obsessions and compulsive behavior		Resume as much of the normal daily functioning free from obsessions and compulsions
	Identify and reduce stressors that may have exacerbated the OCD
	Objectives:
	Patient will comply with psychological and psychiatric evaluations		Patient will comply with exposure and response prevention strategies
	Patient will comply with recommendations of the psychiatrists including taking medications as prescribed		Patient will verbalize increased insight into his/her maladaptive thoughts and behaviors
	Patient will implement cognitive strategies to interrupt obsessions		Patient will reduce the amount of time spent on obsessions and compulsive behaviors