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This chapter, “Psychoeducation,” describes this important initial component of intensive treatment. Psychoeducation reviews the important components of education for patients, including how to understand obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and the rationale, process, and benefits of intensive exposure and response prevention (ERP). Psychoeducation about OCD and common comorbid symptoms is important to reduce anxiety, shame, stigma, and blame around the symptom presentation for patients and their families. Early education about the process of intensive ERP prepares patients and families that this treatment can be quite challenging and uncomfortable and simultaneously allows them to understand how it will benefit and help. This chapter clearly lays out the key information to include in psychoeducation and describes the benefits of this intervention. |
