OCD Flashcards

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What are classified as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders?

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder              
Body Dysmorphic Disorder              
Hoarding Disorder              
Trichotillomania              
Excoriation (Skin Picking)
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OCD

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Recurrent obsessions and compulsions

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Theories of the Etiology of OCD

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Neurobiological: unusually active fear circuit, serotonin hypothesis
Psychoanalytic: conflict between id and superego
Behavioral: negative reinforcement of avoidance
Cognitive: attempting to suppress a thought makes it more frequent, intolerance of uncertainty and need for perfection

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