Hospital : meeting with director- what I learned

[Guest guest]

I went to a school meeting where the director of the Program

spoke all about OCD. I learned quite a bit and was impressed with his

knowledge. I learned that anafranil (in certain studies) can be more

effective than the SSRI's. And that many doctors don't prescribe it.

But it doesn have more side effects.

The program sounds great and I really want my dd to go there sometime.

Maybe this summer would be a good time.

I also learned that in order for the treatment to be successful, you

have to have a full treatment plan and hierarchy. You CANNOT just

dabble in ERP/CBT for it to be effective. You also have to expose them

to their fears above and beyond the range of normalcy and over and over

again. Looking at our situation, I feel we have really just dabbled in

it. THis has helped to keep it at bay and helped reduce some

behaviors, but that is all.

I was impressed with it and just wanted to share a few things that

stood out in my mind.

Ellen