New ADAA Blog Post: Avoid the Snake Oil: Pseudoscience and OCD Treatment

"People with OCD see on average three to four doctors over nine years before receiving a correct diagnosis. Having it finally named may offer some sense of relief— once a condition’s identified, you can get down to properly treating it, right? Well…yes and no." ADAA member Katie D. Kriegshauser, PhD authors this blog post on pseudoscience and OCD treatment. adaa.org/learn-from-us/from...

[Grin]

What do you mean snake oil?

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Snake oil is a term for a false solution. When someone is selling a cure for all your woes or for things that are incurable, it's usually called snake oil because it has zero medicinal value. Just a term for days long ago when someone would come up with a "magical ointment" that solved all your problems for money despite never really offering a legitimate product. Snake oil does exist, but per Wikipedia, it's really just the same ingredients used in Vick's VapoRub...a chest oil.