OCD Flashcards
1
Q
What are classified as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders?
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder Hoarding Disorder Trichotillomania Excoriation (Skin Picking)
2
Q
OCD
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Recurrent obsessions and compulsions
3
Q
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