Obsessive compulsive disorder is more common than you think. But it can take 9 years for an OCD diagnosis
- Written by: Iain Perkes, Senior Lecturer, child and adolescent psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockObsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians.
Our new research shows how long and fraught the path to diagnosis and treatment can be.
This initial study showed it takes an average of almost nine years to receive a...
