OCD

Question 1

obession

Answer 1

-excessive, unwanted, intrusive, and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that cause anxiety and distress
-not under the person’s control and are inconsistent with the person’s usual thought patterns

Question 2

compulsions

Answer 2

-repetitive behaviors and mental acts performed in a ritualistic fashion with the goal of preventing or relieving anxiety and distress caused by obsessions

Question 3

OCD clinical course

Answer 3

-chronic waxing and waning (worst with high anxiety)
-often begins in childhood
-often misdx as separation anxiety disorder
-onset in early or middle childhood associated with better outcome than later onset

Question 4

rituals

Answer 4

person incapacitated by their sx and spend most of their waking hours locked in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions

Question 5

dissociative absorption

Answer 5

tendency to become excessively absorbed in fantasy (movies, online gaming), leading to decreased self-awareness and inattention to their surroundings

Question 6

diagnosis criteria for OCD

Answer 6

-recurrent obsession and/or compulsions that take up more than 1 hour a day or cause considerable stress to the individual

Question 7

OCD in children/adolescents

Answer 7

-obsessions and compulsion in children are more likely to change/evolve as well as to wax and wane compared to adults

Question 8

pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome

Answer 8

A link between infection with β-hemolytic streptococci and other infections and a subset of acute-onset OCD