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Debunking the Top 5 Myths about OCD #overcomingocd anxiety diagnose ocd managing ocd mental mentalhealthawareness ocd ocd myths understandingocd Aug 12, 2022

I would like to nominate OCD as one of the 5 most misunderstood diagnoses in medicine.

Why do I say this? 

I talk with people whose lives have been touched by OCD every day. I see the questions they ask and the beliefs they hold.

I saw what I learned about OCD in medical school.

Five years...

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Vicki Rackner MD

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I'm on a mission: empowering family members touched by OCD to take back their power and be a force for healing. I'm the mother of a son diagnosed with OCD when he was in college, physician and certified coach.

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