The biological approach to treating OCD

Drug therapy

• Drug therapy for mental disorders aims to increase/decrease levels of neurotransmitters in the brain or their activity
• For example, low levels of serotonin are associated with OCD and therefore drugs work in various ways to increase the level of serotonin in the brain

SSRIs

• The standard medical treatment used to tackle OCD symptoms involves a particular type of antidepressant called a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)
• SSRIs work on the serotonin system in the brain by preventing the reabsorption and…