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My 28 years old cousin brother is suffering from OCD and anxiety problems. Unusual and irrelevant fears keeps him scared. He is taking homeopathy treatment which no doubt is helping him overcome his fears to an extent but not able to control the loop of thoughts that are continuously running in his mind and hence the cycle of fear continues. I have read that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is quite fruitful in such cases. He is ready to go for the therapy but quite reluctant in taking alopathic medicines. Is the treatment possible if we go for the CBT along with homeopathy medicines? Also, how long does the treatment of OCD continue for? Can anyone recommend any good doctor to go for the therapy? Thanks.
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Dear lybrate-user, CBT with exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a good treatment for OCD. CBT can be added to any allopathy or homeopathy treatment. Usually it takes about 18-20 weekly sessions. But it depends on how much you are motivated to experiment with ERP. Any psychiatrist or psychologist trained in CBT will be a good doctor. Please remember CBT is tried online as teleCBT also.
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