Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Experienced Mayo Clinic specialists work with you to develop a customized treatment plan to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and improve quality of life. Your highly skilled care team takes the time to listen thoroughly to understand your needs, using a personalized approach.

Advanced diagnosis and treatment

Using the latest diagnostic and treatment techniques, Mayo Clinic psychiatrists and psychologists provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care for adults, teenagers and children with OCD. Specialists in psychiatry and psychology become part of the care team for Mayo patients who have OCD in addition to other medical issues, working closely with other programs and services at Mayo Clinic.

Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic

Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Minnesota offers an innovative, intensive five-day OCD treatment program for children and teens. The program offers exposure and response prevention (ERP) treatment, a component of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that helps reduce OCD symptoms. ERP can be the most effective option for children when carried out correctly by an experienced therapist.

Expertise and rankings

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked as one of the top psychiatry hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

• Expertise and experience. Each year, Mayo Clinic specialists work with more than a thousand children, teens and adults who have OCD to create a customized treatment plan to manage OCD symptoms and improve quality of life.
• Unique, successful program for children and teens. Through the Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Minnesota offers an innovative OCD treatment program for children and teens pioneered by Mayo Clinic psychologists.
• Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach. Mayo Clinic has created a free-to-use website to make it easier to access exposure therapy for OCD.

Locations, travel and lodging

Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.

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Costs and insurance

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