BMT - Characteristics of OCD

Question 1

What is OCD?

Answer 1

an anxiety disorder characterised by persistent, recurrent unpleasant thoughts and repetitive ritualistic behaviours

Question 2

What are obsessions?

Answer 2

recurrent, persistent thoughts

Question 3

What are compulsions?

Answer 3

what people do as a result of obsessions.

Aim to reduce distress or prevent feared events, even though there’s little chance o them doing so

Question 4

What conditions do the symptoms of OCD overlap with?

Answer 4

Tourette’s Syndrome and Autism

has led some to question whether OCD really exists as a separate disorder

Question 5

What are behavioural symptoms of obsessions?

Answer 5

hinder everyday functioning

social impairment

Question 6

What are emotional symptoms of obsessions?

Answer 6

extreme anxiety

Question 7

What are cognitive symptoms of obsessions?

Answer 7

recurrent and persistent thoughts

recognised as self-generated

realisation of inappropriateness

attention bias

Question 8

What is attention bias?

Answer 8

perception tends to be focused on anxiety-generating stimuli

Question 9

What are behavioural symptoms of compulsions?

Answer 9

repetitive

hinder everyday functioning

social impairment

Question 10

What are emotional symptoms of compulsions?

Answer 10

distress

Question 11

What are cognitive symptoms of compulsions?

Answer 11

uncontrollable urges

realisation of inappropriateness