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[quote=Anonymous]Patient is 21 years old tells the psychiatrist she has OCD. She explains symptoms "such as walking back and forth, repeating certain phrases, counting steps," etc. Patient said her OCD is becoming unmanageable and she needs medication. Doc asks checklist questions about OCD which you can only answer "yes" or "no" to such as "do you wash hands" "do you arrange objects" "do you have religious obsessions"? Doc asks a bunch of questions about the patient's history. Then he asks to speak to the patient's mother, who is in the waiting room. Patient says no but doc says he needs to ask a few questions. Doc asks questions about history such as marriage, pregnancy, young child, etc. Then mom starts complaining about patient sleeping all day, how her husband started yelling everywhere for something patient did last night, etc. Patient tells mom to be quiet but doc insists she let her mom speak. Doc says patient has no regime and thought a residential facility would help with establishing a regime. He thought the patient was too smart for a residential facility and suggested a supported apartment. He asks the patient about her career plans who she wants to become. He said to call a family service organization that offers a supported apartment and employment training. In the end patient asked doc why he didn't prescribe meds. Doc thought patient didn't need meds. Patient asks what is he going to do about the OCD and he answers with the dismissive gesture that he will treat the OCD.
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