OCD

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

A person who has an obsession with something and uses compulsions to cope with it

Question 2

Statistics

Answer 2

70% suffers have combined obsessions and compulsions
20% experience obsessions
10% experience compulsions
1.2% off the world have OCD
1 in 50 have OCD

Question 3

Genetic causation

Answer 3

there is genetic links with OCD .
the use of Twin studies and genetic mapping studies prove this

however there is never 100% concordance

Question 4

Brain structure Causation

Answer 4

orbital frontal cortex -> thalamus -> candate nucleus ->cinguite cortex

process to creating compulsions

Question 5

Neurotransmitters

Answer 5

Low levels of serotonin is heavily linked with OCD as it creates abnormal functions in the brain when it is low