OCD Flashcards

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OCD diagnostic criteria

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Presence of persistent obsessions and compulsions

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Rapoports case study

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Charles
14 yr boy obsessed with showering washing hands
Dropped out of school in n out of hospitals
Underwent drug trial fro clomipramine but developed tolerance

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MEASURES Of OCD

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Maudsley Obsessive-compulsive inventory
YBOCS

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MOCI

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30-items
True or false
Related to checking washing slowness
0-30 score range
E.g; I frequently have to check things true or false

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Y-BOCS

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  1. Semi-structured interview
  2. Checklist
    - ten item severity scale
    0-40
    16 above = ocd
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Szechtman et al

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When dopamine is increased in rats they tend to show repetitive behaviour

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Leckman et al

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Found that some forms of ocd were related to oxytocin dysfunction

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Westenberg et al

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Oppose leckman
Double -blind placebo study
12 patients with ocd
Half were given oxy half were placebo
No difference

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Monzani et al

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Large scale twin study
Found 52% concordance for MZ vs 21%
EST heritability= 48%

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Ozaki et al

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Found a mutation of SERT a gene responsible for low levels of serotonin in 6 members of two unrelated families with ocd

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Matthiessen et al

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1406 ocd patients+ other member of GP
Tried to identify genes that may be linked to ocd
PTPRD and SLITRK3 were implicated

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Psychological explanation

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Look book

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Biological explanation

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Look book

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Rachman (cognitive)

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Obsessive thinking is based on faulty reasoning

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Behavioral explanation

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Operant conditioning
Positive and negative

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Frued

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Symptoms are result of internal conflict between id and ego
Arises during the anal stage
When parents control the child’s defamation it traumatizes the child leading to later disturbances in later life