OCD Related Disorders Flashcards
What class of disorders is OCD in?
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
What disorders are OC and related disorders related to?
Anxiety Disorders
Which of the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related disorders are more cognitive? Which are more behavioral?
OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding are cognitive
Skin picking and hair pulling disorders are more behavioral
OCD is ranked as the ___ most common mental illness
4th
What are obsessions?
Unwanted thoughts, urges, or images
What are compulsions?
Behaviors or mental acts in response to obsessions
What kind of impairment criteria for OCD?
Takes away 1 hour or more per day
OCD people have different level of insight. What does that mean?
The degree to which they think obsessions are actually true
What effects might someone else accommodating for compulsions rather than the patient themself have?
Might make symptoms worse by strengthening thoughts of the compulsion.
Gender differences in OCD
No differences
What personality risk factors for OCD?
high negative emotionality
Comorbidities of OCD
Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, etc.
Behavioral treatments for OCD
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
Medication for OCD
SSRIs
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
One or more perceived flaws in physical appearance that is not observable to others (not weight or fat). A body part