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Julian B Henry1, Lynne M Drummond, Peter Kolb

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This case study shows that exposure and ritual avoidance therapy can significantly improve severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms. The treatment led to a 70% symptom reduction and resolved a related rectal prolapse.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Gastroenterology

Background:

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can manifest with severe contamination fears.
  • These fears may lead to compulsive behaviors with significant physical health consequences.

Observation:

  • A 47-year-old woman with germ-related OCD feared bowel cancer.
  • This fear resulted in daily manual fecal evacuation, causing rectal prolapse.

Findings:

  • The patient underwent prolonged inpatient graduated exposure and ritual avoidance therapy.
  • A 70% subjective improvement in OCD symptoms was reported after 5 months.
  • Resolution of rectal prolapse correlated with OCD symptom improvement.

Implications:

  • Graduated exposure and ritual avoidance is an effective treatment for severe contamination-based OCD.

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  • Addressing OCD compulsions can resolve associated physical complications.
  • This highlights the mind-body connection in psychiatric disorders.