What Are the Specific Methods for Treating Obsessive Thoughts?

1. The specific treatments for obsessive thoughts include response prevention, exposure therapy, and medication therapy.

2. Obsessive thoughts, also known as obsessive-compulsive thoughts, refer to a concept or idea that repeatedly appears in the patient's mind, accompanied by subjective feelings of obligation and distress. Response prevention in the treatment of obsessive thoughts requires patients to subconsciously perform certain actions when faced with situations or stimuli that trigger obsessive thoughts, anxiety, or obsessive behaviors.

3. At this point, patients should resist the urge to perform the obsessive action. After repeating this process several times, the patient's obsessive symptoms can be significantly reduced, and symptoms of cleanliness obsession can also be alleviated. Exposure therapy is divided into real-life exposure and imagined exposure. Patients can imagine what they fear and then gradually adapt to and accept it. This method should be gradual and should not force oneself.

4. Medications such as Paroxetine HCl, Citalopram HBr, Clomipramine HCl, and Quetiapine Fumarate can also be used under the guidance of a doctor. Patients should also pay more attention to controlling their obsessive thoughts.