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DSM-5 categories

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All these disorders have repetitive behaviour accompanied by obsessive thinking

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OCD

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Obsessions or compulsions
- Most people with a diagnosis of OCD have both

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Compulsions are repetitive

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Feel compelled to repeat a behaviour eg hand washing

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Compulsions reduce anxiety

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10% show compulsive behaviour alone - no obsessions - instead irrational anxiety
Compulsive behaviours performed to manage anxiety produced by obsessions

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Avoidance

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They attempt to reduce anxiety by keeping away from situations that trigger it
- Manage OCD by avoiding situations that trigger anxiety eg avoiding germs for hand washing

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Cycle

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Temporary relief - obsessive thought - anxiety - compulsive behaviour

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Anxiety and distress

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  • Unpleasant emotional experience - powerful anxiety - obsessions and compulsions
  • Obsessive thoughts - unpleasant and frightening
  • Anxiety goes with these
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Accompanying depression

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  • OCD often accompanied by depression
  • Anxiety can be accompanied by low mood
  • Compulsions - only temporary relief
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Guilt and depression

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  • Irrational guilt, disgust - over minor moral issues
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Cognitive characteristics of OCD

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  • Cognitive approach - way in which people process information
  • Plagued with obsessive thoughts
  • Adopt cognitive strategies to deal with these
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Obsessive thoughts

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  • 90% - obsessive thoughts
  • Vary from person to person - always unpleasant
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Cognitive coping strategies

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  • Obsessions - major aspect
  • Respond by adopting cognitive copying strategies to deal with obsessions
  • Help manage anxiety but can make the person appear abnormal to others and can distract them from everyday tasks
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Insight into excessive anxiety

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  • They are aware that their obsessions and compulsions are not rational
  • If believed obsessive thoughts were based on reality - different form of mental disorder
  • People with OCD experience catastrophic thoughts about the worst case scenarios that might result if their anxieties were justified
  • Tend to be hypervigilant - maintain constant alterness
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behavioural characteristics of OCD

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compulsions are repetitive

compulsions reduce anxiety

avoidance

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emotional characteristics of OCD

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anxiety and distress

accompanying depression

guilt and disgust

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cognitive characteristics of OCD

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obsessive thoughts

cognitive copying strategies

insight into excessive anxiety

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