Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders DSM (all) Flashcards
define obsessions
recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted
*not pleasurable and not experiences as voluntary
define compulsions
repetitive behaviours or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly
*not done for pleasure though some people experience relief from anxiety or distress
how do obsessive compulsive and related disorders differ from developmentally normative peoccupations and rituals
by being EXCESSIVE or persisting beyond developmentally appropriate periods
list symptom dimensions (themes) that are common in OCD
cleaning
symmetry
forbidden or taboo thoughts
harm
are the body-focused repetitive behaviours that characterize trichotillomania and excoriation disorder triggered by obsessions or preoccupations?
no
but may be preceded or accompanied by various emotional states such as anxiety or boredom
may also be preceded by an increasing sense of tension or may lead to gratification, pleasure, or sense of relief when hair pulled out or skin picked
criterion A for OCD
presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both
define obsessions per criterion A of OCD
- recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as INTRUSIVE and UNWANTED and that in most individuals cause marked ANXIETY and DISTRESS
AND - individual attempts to ignore or SUPPRESS such thoughts, urges or images or to NEUTRALIZE them with some other thought or action i.e by performing a compulsion
define compulsion per criterion A of OCD
- repetitive behaviours (i.e hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (praying, counting, repeating words silently) that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly
AND - behaviours or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress or preventing some dreaded event or situation –> however, these behaviours or mental acts are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent or are clearly excessive
criterion B OCD
obsessions are TIME CONSUMING (i.e take more than 1 hour per day) OR cause clinically significant distress or impairment
criterion C for OCD
symptoms not attributable to physiological effects of a substance or another medical condition
criterion D OCD
not better explained by another mental disorder
what specifiers are there for OCD in the DSM
- with good or fair insight–> individual recognizes that the O-C disorder beliefs are definitely or probably not true or that they may or may not be true
- with poor insight–> things OCD beliefs are probably true
- with absent insight/delusional beliefs–> individual completely convinced that OCD beliefs are true
- specify if “tic related”–> individual has current or past history of tic disorder
name some common dysfunctional beliefs found in individuals with OCD
an inflated sense of responsibility
tendency to overestimate threat
perfectionism
intolerance of uncertainty
over-importance of thoughts (i.e believing that having a forbidden thought is as bad as acting on it) and the need to control thoughts
what proportion of people with OCD have absent insight/delusional beliefs
about 4% or less
how does degree of insight in OCD help prognostically
while degree of insight can vary of the course of the illness, generally poorer insight has been linked to worse long term outcome
what proportion of people with OCD have a lifetime tic disorder? which populations tends to present with this constellation of symptoms?
about 30%
*most common in males with onset of OCD in childhood
*these individuals tend to differ from those without a history of tic disorders in the themes of their OCD symptoms, comorbidity, course and pattern of familial transmission
how do those with both tics disorders and OCD tend to differ from those with OCD but no tic disorder
those with tic-related OCD had:
–more OC symptoms, including more aggressive, religious and sexual obsessions
–more checking, counting, ordering, touching and boarding compulsions
are OCD themes generally consistent over time for adults with the disorder or do they change over time
generally consistent
(may be associated with different neural substrates)
people tend to have symptoms in more than one dimension
what is the 12 month prevalence of OCD
about 1-2%
males more commonly affected in childhood, females more commonly affected in adulthood
what % of cases of OCD start before/by age 14 years
25%
what is the upper limit of the normal age of onset of OCD
onset of OCD above age 35 is rare but does happen
what is the mean age of onset of OCD in the USA
19.5 years
what is the typical course of onset of OCD symptoms
typically gradual but acute onset has also been reported
who has earlier age of onset of OCD, males or females
males–> nearly 25% of males have age of onset before age 10