No, OCD in a pandemic doesn't necessarily get worse with all that extra hand washing
- Written by Carey Wilson, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockAt the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were concerned infection control measures such as extra hand washing and social distancing might compound the distress of people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Early anecdotal evidence and case studies reported an apparent increase in OCD relapse rates and symptom...





