Characteristics Of Ocd

Question 1

Name one behavioural characteristics of ocd

Answer 1

Avoidance behaviour

Question 2

Explain compulsion as a cognitive characteristic of OCD

Answer 2

Repetitive abs intrusive thoughts focused around the stimulus

Question 3

2 emotional characteristics of OCD

Answer 3

Guilt and anxiety

Question 4

Explain obsessive thoughts as a cognitive characteristic of OCD

Answer 4

These are repetitive, focus on the stimulus and cause anxiety

Question 5

2 cognitive characteristics of OCD

Answer 5

• the patients acknowledgement that their anxiety is excessive and irrational
• the development of cognitive strategies to deal with obsession e.g. always having multiple hand sanitizers with then