Over the course of an exam, a physician asked what I did for a living. I indicated that I treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, which was met with the following reply: “I did not think that disorder is treatable”.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often overlooked in Ontario’s health care system. Physicians are not trained to look for symptoms of OCD in their patients, and so the disorder is often under-diagnosed.
In fact, only 56% of people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder seek help. Does this explain why most of my clients are self-referred? How do we change this lack of knowledge?
For further information about this phenomenon:
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sunnybrook-health-sciences-centre/ocd-treatment-access_b_16292236.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4120194/pdf/1471-244X-14-S1-S1.pdf (skip to page 26 for OCD). (skip to page 26 for OCD)
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