This story sounds like it should be posted in the subreddit "and everyone clapped." Any therapist worth their salt would consider both practical solutions as we

This story sounds like it should be posted in the subreddit "and everyone clapped." Any therapist worth their salt would consider both practical solutions as well as treatment of the underlying cause. If your depression were triggered by job loss, they'd urge you to look for another job as well as figure out how to prevent/treat the depression itself. I'm skeptical that the other psychiatrists thought the practical portion of this treatment was scandalous. The only reason the other psychiatrists may have objected to his 'treatment' is if the psychiatrist who recommended this solution considered the problem solved after just applying the practical solution. The OCD is likely to find another way into this person's life, whether it's checking lights or the stove or something else. It's a pathology and pathologies don't typically resolve themselves by making a minor life change.