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When It Looks Like OCD But Isn’t: Differential Diagnosis in OCD

​Meredith Hettler, MS, LMFT, CCAPT
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify core diagnostic features of OCD, including the function of obsessions, compulsions, avoidance, reassurance seeking, and mental rituals

  • Differentiate OCD from generalized anxiety disorder, psychosis-spectrum presentations, tic disorders, autism-related repetitive behaviors, body dysmorphic disorder, illness anxiety disorder, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

  • Apply practical clinical interview strategies and screening questions to improve diagnostic accuracy when OCD is suspected

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is to accurately distinguish obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) from other psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions with overlapping symptoms, and to apply practical assessment strategies that improve diagnostic accuracy.

Description

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is frequently missed, misunderstood, or misdiagnosed because its symptoms overlap with a wide range of other psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. This presentation will help clinicians distinguish OCD from common look-alike presentations, and offer practical assessment strategies that improve diagnostic accuracy and support more appropriate treatment planning.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

​Meredith Hettler, MS, LMFT, CCAPT
​ Meredith Hettler, MS, LMFT, CCAPT is the National Director of Newport Healthcare's OCD and Anxiety Program. She has more than 15 years of experience in the behavioral healthcare field, and specializes in working with adolescents and young adults, using modalities including Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, ACT Attachment-Based Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Financially Sponsored By

  • Newport Healthcare