OCD Related Disorders

Question 1

What class of disorders is OCD in?

Answer 1

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Question 2

What disorders are OC and related disorders related to?

Answer 2

Anxiety Disorders

Question 3

Which of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related disorders are more cognitive? Which are more behavioral?

Answer 3

OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding are cognitive

Skin picking and hair pulling disorders are more behavioral

Question 4

OCD is ranked as the ___ most common mental illness

Answer 4

4th

Question 5

What are obsessions?

Answer 5

Unwanted thoughts, urges, or images

Question 6

What are compulsions?

Answer 6

Behaviors or mental acts in response to obsessions

Question 7

What kind of impairment criteria for OCD?

Answer 7

Takes away 1 hour or more per day

Question 8

OCD people have different level of insight. What does that mean?

Answer 8

The degree to which they think obsessions are actually true

Question 9

What effects might someone else accommodating for compulsions rather than the patient themself have?

Answer 9

Might make symptoms worse by strengthening thoughts of the compulsion.

Question 10

Gender differences in OCD

Answer 10

No differences

Question 11

What personality risk factors for OCD?

Answer 11

high negative emotionality

Question 12

Comorbidities of OCD

Answer 12

Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, etc.

Question 13

Behavioral treatments for OCD

Answer 13

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- a type of CBT
- exposure to intrusive thought, train not to do compulsion.
- reduces the threat of the thought

Stop family accommodation

Question 14

Medication for OCD

Answer 14

SSRIs

Question 15

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Answer 15

One or more perceived flaws in physical appearance that is not observable to others (not weight or fat). A body part

Question 16

What are some behavioral symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 16

Repetitively check mirror, use mental acts like comparing to others in response to appearance concerns

Question 17

On average, how much time does body dysmorphic disorder take out of a day?

Answer 17

3-8 hours

Question 18

What is muscle dysmorphia?

Answer 18

A subtype of body dysmorphic disorder

Question 19

Hoarding Disorder

Answer 19

Difficulty discarding possessions regardless of their value

Question 20

Why do people with hoarding disorder experience distress?

How do they experience impairment?

Answer 20

When parting with items; often fear of losing important information

Clutters living space

Question 21

Gender differences in hoarding disorder

Answer 21

No diff

Question 22

Hair pulling disorder (alternative name, definition)

Answer 22

Trichotillomania

repeated pulling of hair that cannot be stopped

Question 23

What are trichotillomania symptoms often preceded by?

Answer 23

Some negative emotional state; the hair pulling provides relief

Question 24

Gender differences in Trichotillomania

Answer 24

women more common

Question 25

Skin-picking disorder (alt name, definition)

Answer 25

Exoriation Disorder. Skin lesions from skin pulling with unsuccessful attempts to stop or decrease.

Question 26

What other disorder does exoriation disorder usually occur with?

Answer 26

Trichotillomania

Question 27

Commonly people want to have their homes excessively clean and are said to have OCD. Why might this be mistaken?

Answer 27

Wanting to clean house is not an intrusive thought.