Q3 OCD and Trauma Related Disorders Flashcards
what is a recurrent, intrusive, unwanted thought
- obsession
what are behaviors or rituals that are aimed at reducing distress or preventing a dreaded event
- compulsion
people spend how much of their time in obsessions and compulsions
- > 1 hours
obsessions and compulsions themes
- contamination
- harm
- order/symmetry
- forbidden/taboo
obsessions are (ego-dystonic/ego-syntonic) for the person suffering from them
what does this mean
- ego-dystonic
- not enjoyable for the ego
what a pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control that begins by early adulthood
- OCDP
OCD is associated with what other condition
- Tourette’s disorder
treatment of OCD
- CBT: exposure therapy
- SSRIs
- clomipramine
what is preoccupation with slight or imagined flaw in physical appearance that is not observable or appears slight to others
- body dysmorphic disorder
what does someone with body dysmorphic disorder often get
- repetitive cosmetic or plastic surgeries
what happens when a person experiences, witnesses, or learns of an event that involves actual death or threatened death, serious injury, or threat of harm to self or others
- trauma
peak age for sexual abuse
who is the perpetrator
- 9-12
- male who knows the victim
what are the symptom domains of acute stress disorder/PTSD
- intrusive symptoms
- negative alterations in cognitions/mood
- dissociative symptoms
- avoidance symptoms
- hyperarousal symptoms
what symptoms are recurrent, intrusive thoughts about the event
- intrusive symptoms
what is the persistent inability to experience positive emotions (inability to experience happiness, satisfaction, or loving feelings)
- negative mood