OCD: HIV FearA recent post to the NY Times centers on a doctor-patient relationship involving a patient exhibiting OCD based on fears of having contracted HIV. This doctor appears to benefit the patient by not empowering this patient's OCD (and the doctor's own anxiety) but falls short in not referring her for exposure therapy for OCD.
A recent post to the NY Times centers on a doctor-patient relationship involving a patient exhibiting OCD based on fears of having contracted HIV. This doctor appears to benefit the patient by not empowering this patient's OCD (and the doctor's own anxiety) but falls short in not referring her for exposure therapy for OCD.