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By Owen Kelly, Ph.D., About.com Guide to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

How Many Diagnoses Have You Received?

Saturday October 17, 2009

Although OCD is accepted as an illness with biological roots, it can't be diagnosed using a blood sample, X-ray or other medical test. A mental health professional such as a psychiatrist, psychologist or family doctor or nurse with special training will usually make a diagnosis of OCD using their medical judgment and experience. However, it is not uncommon for people with mental illnesses such as OCD to receive many diagnoses before arriving the right one. How many diagnoses have you received? Share your experience.

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