OC AND TRAUMA RELATED DISORDERS Flashcards
Obsessions are intrusive and recurring thoughts, images, or impulses that are
persistent and uncontrollable
Obsessive—Compulsive Disorder
1. Compulsions are repetitive
2. Begins at age 10 and as young as
3. More common in women
4. It is chronic
5. Comorbid with AD, Major Dep,
Substance Use, Hoarding
Preoccupied with an imagined or
exaggerated defect in their
APPEARANCE
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
1. Begins at late adolescence
2. Symptoms are similar across cultures
The need to acquire. Collection of clothes, tools or antiques, etc
Hoarding
Recurrent pulling out of ONE’S hair,
resulting in Hair Loss
Trichotillomania
Recurrent SKIN PICKING resulting in Skin
Lesions
Excoriation
PSychological Treatment of OCD and related disorders
Exposure and Response treatment
Intrusively re experiencing the traumatic event, avoidance of stimuli associated with the event, mood and cognitive change after the trauma, increased arousal and reactivity
Post—traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)