obsessive compulsive disorder (5)

Question 1

obsessive compulsive disorder examples

Answer 1

handwashing, doing things repetitively (in twos/threes), or ordering items

Question 2

thoughts, impulses, or images that persist and recur even when the individual tries to dismiss the thought

Answer 2

obsessions

Question 3

ritualistic behaviors an individual feels driven to perform to reduce anxiety or prevent an imaging calamity; results in temporary relief of anxiety

Answer 3

compulsions

Question 4

OCD risk factors

Answer 4

sexual abuse, trauma, family history, post-infectious autoimmune syndrome, comorbid with tics and MDD

Question 5

OCD related disorders

Answer 5

body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotilomania (hair pulling), and excoriation disorder (skin picking)