Is surgery feasible to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common mental illness in life, which causes very serious harm to the patient's life and health. Although there are many methods for treatment, none of them can relieve the pain suffered by patients, so many patients want to use surgery for treatment. So, is surgical treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder feasible? Let’s take a closer look below.

Some experts have also raised questions. The principle for choosing surgical treatment should be to improve the patient's overall quality of life after surgery, rather than to "cure a certain symptom." However, based on incomplete data, the patient's quality of life has not been improved after OCD surgery.

There are also experts who hold opposing views and believe that obsessive-compulsive disorder, as a psychological problem, is not an organic disease, and that the method of treating this mental illness should be to naturally achieve peace of mind and relief through the patient's subjective efforts. In addition, any treatment that attempts to suppress, change, or even destroy the normal physiological state of a person is not advisable.

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms do bring a lot of pain to patients. Therefore, it is understandable to use drugs to temporarily control symptoms and temporarily relieve pain, but it is not advisable to use external forces such as drugs and surgery to eradicate obsessive-compulsive disorder. As the saying goes, "heart disease needs heart medicine", only appropriate psychological treatment can fundamentally eradicate the root cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The above is an introduction to the surgical treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. I hope it will be helpful to patients. Surgery is very effective in treating many diseases, but for diseases like obsessive-compulsive disorder, it is best not to use surgical methods for treatment. It is best to take medication and cooperate with daily psychological care. This is a better way to solve obsessive-compulsive disorder.