PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J Turk AU - I M Marks AU - J Horder TI - Obsessive-compulsive disorder: case study and discussion of treatment. DP - 1990 May 01 TA - British Journal of General Practice PG - 210--212 VI - 40 IP - 334 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/40/334/210.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/40/334/210.full SO - Br J Gen Pract1990 May 01; 40 AB - A patient's own account of her obsessive-compulsive disorder is presented. She describes her distressing experiences, the impact of the disturbance on her and her family's life and her subsequent improvement using the technique of exposure and response prevention. The treatments available are discussed and the benefits of self-directed behavioural psychotherapy are reviewed. A comment from a general practitioner is appended.