Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Amy Iannuzzi-Tingley secretly struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder for years before seeking diagnosis and treatment. Her psychiatrist Robert Hudak explains what it’s like to have OCD and how exposure response prevention therapy can help. Unfortunately, sometimes ERP and medications are not enough. Neurosurgeon Mark Richardson describes deep brain stimulation or DBS, which could improve symptoms in severe cases of the disorder.

To contact the OCD Clinic at UPMC, call 412-246-5600 or visit http://upmc.com/westernpsychiatric

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