OCD Flashcards
What is the new DSM five category that includes OCD
Obsessive compulsive and related disorders
What is OCD
Occurrence of unwanted and intrusive obsessive or distressing images usually accompanied by compulsive behaviours
What are obsessions
Persistent and recurrent intrusive thoughts, Images or impulses that are experienced as disturbing, inappropriate and uncontrollable
What are some examples of obsessions
Contamination fears, fears of harming oneself or others, lack of symmetry, pathological doubt which is a common need for symmetry having things exactly right. Tried to resist a neutralizing with thought or action
What are compulsions
Repeated behaviour that are performed as lengthy rituals (can be mental rituals too)
What are examples of compulsions
Cleaning, checking, repeating, ordering in arranging, accounting, praying
Usually people feel driven to perform compulsive behaviours in response to an
Obsession
What is the goal of performing compulsions
To reduce stress or prevent a dreaded event or situation
What is the diagnosis for OCD
Require that compulsions and obsessions take at least one hour per day
Why is OCD one of the most disabling disorders
Because it leads to a lower quality of life and a great deal of functional impairment
What gender does OCD typically a fact and when does it typically begin
And affects both genders equally and typically begins in adolescence or early adulthood
What are four comorbid disorders with OCD
Anxiety, mood disorder’s, body dysmorphic disorder, depression
What is OCD as a learned behaviour…The two process theory of avoidance learning
Neutral stimuli become associated with fearful thoughts through classical conditioning. For example, touching and door knob, shaking hands might be associated with the scary idea contamination. Once making this association they may find the anxiety produced by shaking hands is reduced by handwashing so the washing is reinforced
What is OCD’s connection with preparedness
Of sessions with contamination dirt might have evolutionary roots
What are possible carving of causal factors
Attempting to suppress unwanted thoughts may increase those thoughts. Cognitive biases towards material relevant to one’s obsessive concern
