What is the treatment for repetition compulsion?

Answer by  johnsonjosie (24)

Treatment includes facing the fear and talking to a specialist. There is no current treatment set in stone; medicine is often used to treat this disorder.

Answer by  johnresa (2455)

The many treatments include counseling, reading books on the subject, going to a licensed psychiatrist and getting on some type of medication, attending workshops or therapy groups with others, and just quitting cold turkey.

Answer by  Zoe (2369)

Generally people with this problem go to cognitive behavioral therapists who will help to reroute compulsive thought patterns that lead to compulsive behaviors.

Answer by  PHOAT (645)

Treatment can include a combination of counseling and medications. A therapist can do cognitive/behavioral counseling as well as teach coping mechanisms for stress--which worsen this condition. A psychiatrist can evaluate options for medications. Many of the anti-depressant and anti anxiety medications are helpful in managing the symptoms of this disorder.

Answer by  yourfriend (36)

You must do the opposite of what you are doing now. Take baby steps. Like only check something once instead of ten times at first.

Answer by  kitty63 (161)

You have to figure out why that person is doing the repetition compulsions. For example, someone may think that if they do the same thing someone will get hurt or die.