OCD

Question 1

What is OCD?

Answer 1

Disorder characterised by obsessions and compulsions

Question 2

What are obsessions?

Answer 2

Unwanted, uncontrolled thoughts and intrusive images that the person finds very difficult to ignore

egodystonic thoughts

e.g. violent images that keep appearing in their mind

Question 3

What are compulsions?

Answer 3

Repetitive actions the person feels they must do generating anxiety if they are not done

Often a way to handle their obsessions

Question 4

What is the OCD cycle?

Answer 4

Obsessions
Anxiety
Compulsion
Temporary relief

Question 5

What is diagnosis of OCD based on?

Answer 5

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)

Question 6

What can be used to assess severity of symptoms of OCD?

Answer 6

Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Y-BOCS

Question 7

How is Mild OCD managed?

Answer 7

Education and self-help resources

Question 8

How is more significant OCD managed?

Answer 8

CBT with exposure and response prevention (ERP)
SSRIs
Clomipramine (TCA)

Question 9

What is exposure and response prevention?

Answer 9

Gradually facing obsessive thoughts and anxiety without completing the compulsions

Question 10

What infection can cause an increased chance of developing OCD?

Answer 10

Streptococcal throat infections

Therefore shows that OCD is due to a pathological cause