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No, OCD in a pandemic doesn’t necessarily get worse with all that extra hand washing – The Conversation AU
Early reports suggested an apparent increase in OCD relapse rates and symptom severity during the pandemic. But a year on, we’re learning this may not be the case….
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were concerned infection control measures such as extra hand washing and social distancing might compound the distress of people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Early anecdotal evidence and case studies reported an apparent increase in OCD relapse rates and symptom severity.
But a year on, were learning this is not necessarily the case, and research is giving us a more nuanced understanding of what its like to have OCD during a pandemic.
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