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Phobias and fear on existence
My daughter is suffering from severe phobias phobias that she thinks that lizard is poisonous and it's contact or presence will kill her and she will get harmed and because of this she wash her hands for hours
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This needs psychiatric treatment
She will be fine with medication and psychotherapy
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These symptoms are suggestive of Delusion and OCD. In OCD thoughts or images are repetitive, irrelevant, not under control and causing distress. Whereas in Delusion there is a persistent false belief which patient believe it to be true when in reality it is not. It can affect anyone and it can be treated with medication and behavior therapy.
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