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很多人都不知，我們常常聽到的厭食症和暴食症，其實是精神科疾病一種，它們被歸納為進食失調症。進食失調症是一種複雜疾病，當中涉及精神、生理、心理及人際關係等問題，甚至可致命，並對病人及其家庭帶有破壞性及深遠影響，其中最常見的進食失調症是厭食症及暴食症。 進食失調症是一種可對患者的日常生活飲食構成重大困擾的疾病。例如患者只進食極少量的食物，或相反嚴重地過量進食。嚴重的給予自己壓力，或過分地關注自己的體重或體型，亦是患上進食失調症的一個警號。常見的進食失調症包括神經性厭食、神經性暴食症及暴飲暴食症 …

今期本欄將談談強迫症的的治療方法。  強迫症患者的徵狀包括腦裡有很多不同的重覆思想或形象，例如對細菌、污跡或外來入侵者的恐懼、暴力事件、傷害至親、與宗教信仰的衝突，又或是變得過份整潔。他們會不斷重覆一些行為包括洗手、不斷將大門解鎖和上鎖、點算物件、儲存一些無用的物件或不斷重覆一些步驟。 強迫症通常是慢性的，假如不予治療，將需要一段很長的時間才可康復。有些病人可能會在數月或數年之後好轉，但病情亦有機會再度惡化，然後又再有所改善。一般而言，僅5-10%的強迫症患者的病徵會永遠消失。另外， …

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