Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Question 1

Recurrent and persistent, intrusive thoughts, urges or images

Answer 1

Obsessions

Question 2

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts driven in response to persistent, intrusive thoughts, urges or images

Answer 2

Compulsions

Question 3

repetitive and persistent, time-consuming intrusive obsessions (which individual attempts to ignore or suppress) by means of compulsions; common dimensions: cleaning, symmetry, forbidden thoughts (sex/aggression/religion) and harm

Answer 3

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Question 4

Cognitive symptom related to perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance and repetitive behaviors or mental acts in response to appearance concerns

Answer 4

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Question 5

Cognitive symptom related to perceived need to save possessions

Answer 5

Hoarding Disorder

Question 6

Recurrent and repetitive hair-pulling behaviors resulting in hair loss and repeated attempts to decrease or stop hair-pulling

Answer 6

Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)

Question 7

Recurrent and repetitive skin-picking behaviors resulting in skin lesions and repeated attempts to decrease or stop skin-picking

Answer 7

Excoriation (Skin-Picking Disorder)

Question 8

Obsessive-compulsive-likesymptoms due to substance intoxication/withdrawal or to a medication

Answer 8

Substance/Medication-Induced Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder

Question 9

Obsessive-compulsive-like symptoms that are direct pathophysiological consequence of medical disorder

Answer 9

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition

Question 10

Obsessive-compulsive-like symptoms that cause clinically significant distress or impairment but does not meet full criteria and clinician specifies the reason

Answer 10

Other Specified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder

ex. body-focused repetitive disorder, obsessional jealousy

Question 11

Obsessive-compulsive-like symptoms that cause clinically significant distress or impairment but does not meet full criteria and clinician does not choose to communicate the reason possibly due to insufficient information to make more specific diagnosis

Answer 11

Unspecified Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorder