7. OCD and related disorders Flashcards
defined by repetitive thoughts and urges, as well as an irresistible need to engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts
OCD
Spend hours a day thinking about their appearance and engage in compulsive behaviors designed to address concerns about their appearance
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
spend a good deal of their time repetitively thinking about their current and potential future possessions. They also engage in intensive efforts to acquire new objects
Hoarding Disorder
intrusive and persistently recurring thoughts, images, or impulses that are uncontrollable (i.e., the person cannot stop the thoughts) and that often appear irrational to the person experiencing them.
Obsessions
repetitive, clearly excessive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform to reduce the anxiety caused by obsessive thoughts
Compulsions
are motivated by the feeling that something dire will happen if the act is not performed.
Compulsions
Obsessions often involve fear of _________________
contamination from germs or disease
Beyond contamination, other frequent foci of obsessions include ____________________________________
sex and morality, violence, religion, symmetry/order, and responsibility for harm.
About a _______ of people with BDD report some history of suicidal ideation, and about _________ have attempted suicide
third …. 20 percent
Hoarders spend a good deal of their time repetitively thinking about their current and potential future possessions, but a bigger problem is that they ___________________________.
abhor parting with their objects,
People with hoarding disorder feel extremely attached to their possessions, and they are very ________ to efforts to get rid of them.
resistant
About one-third of people with hoarding disorder also engage in _________ hoarding
animal
Describe the most typical course of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders over time.
chronic
What is the chief difference between obsessions and compulsions?
Obsessions involve a repetitive and intrusive thought, urge, or image; compulsions involve either a thought or a behavior that the person feels the need to engage in to ward off threats or the anxiety associated with obsessions.
