Essay Plan

Question 1

What is OCD?

Answer 1

Recurring unwanted and instructive thoughts, impulses a d images (obsessions) as well as repetitive behaviours and mental rituals (compulsions)

Question 2

What are the dsm symptoms of ocd? 4

Answer 2

A- presence of obsessions or compulsions or both
B- obsessions or compulsions are time consuming or cause dysfunctional behaviours
C- drugs are not atreovutable to thr symptoms
D- symptoms not attributable to another mental disorder

Question 3

How do dsm defined obsessions? 2

Answer 3

1- intrusive and unwanted recurrent thoughts urges or images that cause marked anxiety ir distress
2- indiv8ufla attempts to suppress obsessions or neutralise them through anither thought or action or performing a vompulsion.

Question 4

How do dsm defined compulsions? 2

Answer 4

1- Repetitive behaviours or mental acts that individual feels they need to perform to respond to an obsession or follow a mental rule rigidly
2- behaviours or mental acts performed to reduce distress or prevent a dreaded event or situation which in reality has no bareing on the event or situation

Question 5

Who are UHR of ocd?

Answer 5

Those who experience ehigh levels if anxiety or responsibility for others

Question 6

What icd model are you using?

Answer 6

Rahman (2002) cognitive model of OCD

Question 7

What does rachman (2002) model of ocd propose? 7

Answer 7

Elevated responsibility x elevated risk of harm x seriousness zof harm = preventative checking, which increases responsibility and perpetuates checking, which impairs confidence of memory (distrust), makes you feel abnormal snd thus cautious znd then need to check more

Question 8

What studies are used to evaluate Rachman (2002) model of ocd? 2

Answer 8

Radomsky et al (2006)
Boschen and Vuksanovic (2007)

Question 9

What did radomsky rt al (2006) aim?

Answer 9

Looking at cognitive confidence from compulsive repetitive checking

Question 10

What did radomsky et al (2006) sample?

Answer 10

50 undergrad students

Question 11

What did radomsky et al (2006) method? 3

Answer 11

Independent groups design
1 group switching virtual faucet on and off
1 group switching virtual stove on and off
19 trials

Question 12

What did rDomsky et al (2006) find? 3

Answer 12

Initially confidence was maintained
- irrelevant checkers maintained confidence
- relevant checkers lost confidence

Question 13

Takeaway from tsdomsky et al (2006)? 2

Answer 13

Supports confidence aspect of rachman 2002 model and also sense of responsibility affecting meta memory

Question 14

What are the radomsky et al (2006) limitations?

Answer 14

Not done with ocd patients

Question 15

What did boschen and vuksanovic (2007) do?

Answer 15

Replicated radomsky rt al (2006) with icd patients

Question 16

What did boschen Nd vuksanovic(2007) find?

Answer 16

Same results but amplified memory impairment in icd patients

Question 17

What psychological intervention are you revaluation?

Answer 17

CBT

Question 18

What study are you using for cbt in ocd?

Answer 18

Marsden et al (2017)

Question 19

What did Marsden et al (2017) do?

Answer 19

RCT to compare efficacy if cbt and emdr in ocd treatment

Question 20

What did Marsden et al (2017) sample? 3

Answer 20

55 participants
29= emdr
26= cbt

Question 21

Marsden et al (2017) method? 3

Answer 21

Used yale brown obsessive compulsive scale to measure ocd symptoms and severity
- use for baseline and 6 month follow up

Question 22

Marsden et al (2017) results?

Answer 22

Both groups showed ocd symptom improved
No significant group differences

Question 23

What are the stats for baseline and follow up in Marsden rt al (2017)?

Answer 23

Baseline= d= -.24, p= .38
Golloe up d= -.03, p=.90