Stigma and Shame as Barriers to Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
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Although effective treatments for obsessive-compulsive related disorders exist [1-3], nonetheless the average delay from onset of symptoms to initiating treatment is over ten years [4]. Additionally, obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum disorders without appropriate treatment tend to be chronic in nature [5,6]. Therefore, it is crucial that people with these spectrum disorders engage in the existing highly efficacious treatment approaches.
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