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How do you encourage someone with OCD to see a doctor?

Wayne K. Goodman, MD
Wayne K. Goodman, MD on behalf of The Mount Sinai Health System
Psychiatry
There are plenty of resources for you to help a loved one who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) get treatment. In this WisePatient video, psychiatrist Wayne Goodman, MD, of The Mount Sinai Medical Center, shares his favorite.

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