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Could treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder improve clarity of thought?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes, that is: Possible. When a person is obsessed with particular thoughts - they aren't attending well to other things that are happening. With obsessive compulsive personality traits - people can lose the bigger picture when focused on small details. Therapy can help with both obsessive compulsive disorder and obsessive compulsive personality disordE.R.

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Answered 9/29/2016

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