OCD and related disorders

Question 1

obsessions and compulsions must be at least__

Answer 1

an hour a day

Question 2

most common comorbidity of OCD

Answer 2

major depression

Others : social phobia, tics, touretts, alcoholism

Question 3

the _______ is believed to mediate repetitive behaviors

Answer 3

striatum

Question 4

obsessions are due to over activity of ________ stemming from impaired _______gating due to a deficit in __________ function

Answer 4

frontal cortex
thalamic
striatal function

Question 5

in patietns with OCS increased ______ metabolism and increased activity in the ___________

Answer 5

frontal lobe

caudate nucleus

Question 6

leading hypothesis is centered around the role of _______ in OCD

Answer 6

serotonin
due to response to SRIs and SSR’s
40% of OCD patients dont repsond to SSR’s

Question 7

high dose _______induce stereotyped movements which resemble OCD

Answer 7

dopamine (dopaminergic agents)

Question 8

Neurological disorders with dysfunction of dopamine is associated with the

Answer 8

basal ganglia

Question 9

disease in which magical thinking is part of the psychological theories

Answer 9

OCD

Question 10

OCD treatment

Answer 10

SSRI’s
clomipramine and SSRI’s
Higher dosage than that of depression
boost SSRI’s with benzos

Behavioral therapy
Psychosurgey

Question 11

therapeutic effects of OCD treatments are delayed how long?

Answer 11

6-12 weeks

Question 12

In OCD psychosurgery of conducted in sever cases what is done?

Answer 12

cutting neuronal loop connecting the cortex with the basal ganglia

Question 13

what is trichotillomania?

Answer 13

hair pulling disorder

Question 14

what is excotiation?

Answer 14

skin picking