Understanding OCD: Insights and Treatments – Podcast
Episode 154
October 20, 2024Oct 20, 2024
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Psychiatrist Dr. Dora-Linda Wang joins us to explore what Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is, its prevalence, symptoms, and rationality. The discussion provides valuable insights into effective treatment methods, including the use of higher doses of SSRIs and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) therapy. We discuss techniques for managing OCD, such as refocusing and postponing rituals, and valuable resources like Jeffrey Schwartz’s ‘Brain Lock’ and the International OCD Foundation.
Treatment Philosophy & Approach: Each individual is unique, and each person’s treatment should be unique. Count on me to bring all my experience to your service. This includes my foundations as a Yale-educated physician who was then trained by some of the most expert psychopharmacologists and psychotherapists at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. I was born in Brazil, served as President of the APA Caucus of Asian American Psychiatrists, and I am of the Greek Orthodox faith. I will embrace your unique cultural identity. I have practiced for nearly 30 years.
Bethany McClenahan, President of the Board of Directors for NAMI Greater Kansas City and a practice group manager at LifeStance Health opens up about her personal journey living with mental health conditions and the ways she has turned that experience into impact through both her professional and volunteer roles. She shares NAMI’s mission to foster mental wellness,...
LifeStance Health nurse practitioner Margaret Beymer courageously opens up about her personal journey with bipolar disorder, striving to dispel commonly held misconceptions and misinformation about this often misinterpreted mental health condition. Her experiences exposed her to noteworthy shortcomings within mental health services that made her recovery more challenging. Determined to imbue change, she continues to actively fight...
Although there is often a stigma associated with all mental illnesses, Bipolar Disorder can be especially stigmatizing. LifeStance Health provider Melinda Zappone and her client Christine Torres discuss the course of recovery with Bipolar, and how Christine discovered it would include becoming a social worker herself. In an effort to destigmatize Bipolar Disorder, Christine shares...
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