Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Flashcards
Define Obsessions
Persistent, unwanted, and intrusive ideas, throughts, impulses, or images leading to marked anxiety or distress
Define Compulsions
Repeated mental acts or behaviors that neutralize anxiety from obsessions
(hand washing, elaborate rituals for ordinary tasks)
Characterized by obsessions and/or compulsions
OCD
Patients are excessively conscientious and inflexible
OCPD
Patients do not recognize their behavior as problematic
OCPD
Patients do recognize the obsessions/compulsions and want to get rid of them
OCD
ego dystonic
OCD
ego syntonic
OCPD
Treatment for OCD
SSRIs are 1st line which include fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, citalopram, escitalopram
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (exposure and desensitization)