Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Question 1

How is an obsession defined? (Thoughts RIDE)

Answer 1

Thoughts, urges or images that are: R. Recurrent and persistent. I. Intrusive and unwanted. D. Distress/anxiety provoking. E. Effaced by ignoring or suppressing or neutralizing with other thought or compulsion.

Question 2

How is a compulsion defined? (Acts Reduce)

Answer 2

Compulsions: 1. Are Acts, mental or behavioral, repetitively performed in response to an obsession or according to rigid rules. 2. Reduce or prevent anxiety or distress, prevent a dreaded event.

Question 3

What are the additional criteria for OCD? (TIMEE)

Answer 3

Time-consuming or IMpair socio-occupational functioning. Exclude being induced by a substance or another medical condition. Exclude another mental disorder.

Question 4

What are the specifiers for OCD? (2)

Answer 4

1. Insight (good or fair, poor, absent/delusional). 2. Tic-related.