Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Question 1

is the devastating culmination of the anxiety disorders. It is not common for someone this disorder to experience severe generalized anxiety, recurrent panic attacks, debilitating avoidance, and major depression.

Answer 1

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Question 2

These are intrusive and mostly nonsensical thoughts, images, or urges that the individual tries to resist or eliminate

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Obsessions

Question 3

These are thoughts or actions used to suppress the obsessions and provide relief

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Compulsions

Question 4

Types of Obsessions and Compulsions: (4)

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Symmetry
Forbidden thoughts or actions
Cleaning or Contamination
Hoarding

Question 5

Refers to keeping things in perfect order or doing something in a specific way

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Symmetry

Question 6

Involuntary movement (sudden jerking of limbs)

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Tic disorder

Question 7

More complex tics with involuntary vocalizations

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Tourette’s disorder

Question 8

Its center is a preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance by someone who actually looks normal

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Question 9

Body Dysmorphic Disorder has been referred to as “____”

Answer 9

imagined ugliness

Question 10

is a mental health condition that causes an individual to experience physical bodily symptoms in response to psychological distress.

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Somatoform Disorder

Question 11

For decades, BDD, previously known as “____” (fear of ugliness) was thought to represent a psychotic delusional state because the affected individuals were unable to realize that their ideas were irrational.

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dysmorphobia

Question 12

Treatments for Body dysmorphic disorder (2)

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Drugs that block the re-uptake of serotonin
Exposure and response prevention

Question 13

Are characterized by the failure or inability to care for the animals or provide suitable living quarters which results in threats to health and safety due to unsanitary conditions associated with accumulated animal waste

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Animal hoarders

Question 14

The urge to pull one’s own hair from anywhere on the body including, scalp, eyebrows, and arms. This behavior results in noticeable hair loss, distress, and significant social impairments

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Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder)

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The repetitive and compulsive picking of the skin leading to tissue damage.

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Excoriation (Skin Picking Disorder)

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Psychological Treatments for Trichotillomania and Excoriation (2)

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Habit-reversal training
Drug treatments

Question 17

Patients are carefully taught to be more aware of their repetitive behavior, particularly as it is just about to begin and to then substitute a different behavior

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Habit-reversal training