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Tue 01 Jan 2009Call for more investment in CBT
THE NEED for increased resources to be invested in the training of cognitive behavioural therapists (CBTs) is essential for the proper treatment of anxiety disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in Irish patients.
This is according to consultant psychiatrist and director of the anxiety programme at St Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin, Dr Michael McDonough, who says that treatment with CBT provides the best long-term results for OCD patients.
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