Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Flashcards

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Define Obsessions

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Persistent, unwanted, and intrusive ideas, throughts, impulses, or images leading to marked anxiety or distress

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Define Compulsions

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Repeated mental acts or behaviors that neutralize anxiety from obsessions
(hand washing, elaborate rituals for ordinary tasks)

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3
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Characterized by obsessions and/or compulsions

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OCD

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4
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Patients are excessively conscientious and inflexible

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OCPD

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5
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Patients do not recognize their behavior as problematic

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OCPD

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6
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Patients do recognize the obsessions/compulsions and want to get rid of them

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OCD

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7
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ego dystonic

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OCD

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8
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ego syntonic

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OCPD

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9
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Treatment for OCD

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SSRIs are 1st line which include fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram, escitalopram
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (exposure and desensitization)

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