OCD

Question 1

What is OCD characterised by?

Answer 1

obsessions and or compulsions.
most people with OCD have both compulsions and obsessions

Question 2

What are obsessions?

Answer 2

recurring thoughts and images

Question 3

What are compulsions?

Answer 3

repetitive behaviours such as hand washing

Question 4

What is trichotillomania?

Answer 4

compulsive hair pulling

Question 5

What is hoarding disorder?

Answer 5

compulsive gathering of possessions and the inability to part with anything

Question 6

What is excoriation disorder?

Answer 6

compulsive skin picking

Question 7

What is the behavioural component of OCD?

Answer 7

compulsive behaviour

Question 8

What do people with OCD feel compelled to do?

Answer 8

repeat a behaviour

Question 9

how many people with OCD show compulsion alone

Answer 9

10%

Question 10

why are compulsions performed?

Answer 10

As an attempt to manage anxiety which is produced by obsessions

Question 11

How do people with OCD show avoidance ?

Answer 11

By staying away from situations that trigger them

Question 12

What is the cycle of OCD?

Answer 12

obsessive thought - anxiety - compulsive behaviour - temporary relief

Question 13

What are the emotional characteristics of OCD?

Answer 13

anxiety and distress
accompanying depression
guilt and disgust

Question 14

What causes anxiety and distress in people with OCD?

Answer 14

The urge to repeat a behaviour creates anxiety

Question 15

What causes accompanying depression in people with OCD?

Answer 15

compulsive behaviours bring some relief from anxiety but this is temporary

Question 16

How do people with OCD display guilt and disgust ?

Answer 16

irrational guilt or disgust which may be directed against something external e.g. dirt or self

Question 17

What are the cognitive characteristics of OCD

Answer 17

obsessive thoughts
cognitive coping strategies
excessive anxiety

Question 18

how many people with OCD have cognitive thoughts as their main feature?

Answer 18

90%

Question 19

obsessive thoughts example

Answer 19

worries of being contaminated by germs or dirt

Question 20

cognitive coping strategies example

Answer 20

religious person may be tormented by guilt and reaping by praying or meditating to manage anxiety however this can appear abnormal to others and distract them from tasks

Question 21

What causes people with OCD to have excessive anxiety?

Answer 21

experience catastrophic thoughts about the worse case scenario that might result if anxieties aren’t justified also tend to be hyper vigilant