Obsessive compulsive disorder reports

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A 26-year-old patient with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) reports severe compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly to the point of painful dermatitis. This compulsion may be understood as a habit provoked mindlessly from a stimulus in the patient's environment. Habit learning in OCD may be best reduced or reversed by what treatment?

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