Psychological disorders can be extremely disabling and significantly reduce your quality of life. One of the more debilitating psychological disorders, according to the World health Organization, is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD for short. Not only does OCD impact the person who suffers with this disorder, but it places a tremendous burden on families and caregivers. If you, or someone you know, struggles with OCD, then a treatment centers or programs that are often referred to as Inpatient OCD Treatment Centers or Residential OCD Treatment Centers can provide a life altering experience for the OCD sufferer and their families.
What is OCD?
OCD is a psychological disorder classified as an anxiety disorder in the DSM-IV manual used by the American Psychiatric Association. It affects approximately two percent of adults in the United States. OCD is characterized by obsessions that are uncontrollable and pervasive, as well as thoughts, impulses, and images that cause the individual significant anxiety and distress. The person struggling with OCD usually relies on compulsions or rituals aimed at reducing the anxiety that is the result of the obsession. This is a vicious cycle that the person experiences as a result of his or her obsessions and feels compelled to complete compulsions to reduce the anxiety. This may help the person feel some relief in the short run, but will maintain the OCD in the long run.
How Inpatient OCD Treatment Centers Can Help
At Inpatient OCD Treatment Centers, often referred to as Residential Treatment Centers, individuals suffering from OCD receive personalized, individual attention and supervision seven days a week, 24 hours a day. It is different from typical inpatient hospital program in many ways, most importantly that it is a voluntary program and offers intensive OCD treatment. The primary treatment for OCD is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), along with medication management. ERP is the core of the treatment program for people with OCD, and the primary target of this therapy is to help people face their fears in a supportive and systematic way. ERP can often be very challenging for clients to complete so it is very important that the therapist and client collaborate on a treatment plan. Additionally, having the support and coaching of skilled and trained staff at Inpatient OCD Treatment Centers, or Residential Centers, can make all the difference in helping the person through successful treatment completion. Gradually over time, people get used to these anxiety provoking situations, a process referred to as habituation, and are able to function with greater freedom. This approach is very effective in helping people overcoming their OCD and increasing their ability to function.
Inpatient OCD Treatment Centers provide residents with a great deal of structure throughout the day, with activities planned for morning till afternoon and evening.
* Breakfast at 8 am in the morning
* Goals Group at 8:45 am
* CBT skill building group at 9 am
* Exposure and response prevention at 10 am
* Lunch break at noon, 12 pm
* CBT skill building group at 1 pm
* Self-directed exposure at 2 pm
* Dinner at 6 pm
* Leisure activities at 7 pm with staff or individually
These groups are helpful for the clients therapeutically, but also socially, as they get to meet and interact with others who have similar experiences and struggles.
