Obsessive -Compulsive Disorder Study Set with Questions and Correct Answers
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What are the essential features of OCD? A. An anxiety disorder involving obsessions and compulsions that are time consuming, cause marked distress, or interfere with social or occupational functioning B. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the obsessions ...
Obsessive -Compulsive Disorder Study
Set with Questions and Correct Answers
What are the essential features of OCD? ✅A. An anxiety disorder involving obsessions
and compulsions that are time consuming, cause marked distress, or interfere with
social or occupational functioning
B. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the
obsessions or compulsions are excessive and unreasonable. Note: this may not be true
for children
C. The obsessions and compulsions cause marked distress, are time consuming, and
interfere with the person's daily functioning.
D. If another Axis I disorder is present, the obsessions or compulsions are not restricted
to it (e.g., preoccupation with food in the presence of an eating disorder).
Obsessions ✅-persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are experienced as
intrusive, inappropriate and distressing
-not simply excessive worries about real life problems
-attempts to ignore or suppress the obsessions
-the person recognizes that the obsessions are a product of his own mind
What are 4 common obsessions? ✅1)contamination - dirt, germs, bodily waste,
chemicals
2)mistakes - locks, appliances, paperwork, decisions
3)impulses - violent, sexual, religious, embarrassing
4)order - neatness, symmetry, numbers
What are compulsions? ✅-repetitive behaviors (e.g., handwashing) or mental acts
(e.g., praying silently) that the person feels driven to perform in response to an
obsession or according to rigid rules
-aimed at reducing distress or preventing a dreaded situation: the compulsions are
either unrealistic or clearly excessive
Most common types of compulsions ✅checking (28%) cleaning washing (25.9%)
mental (11%) repeating (11%)
Fact of OCD ✅Between 1-3% in adults (NCS-R study)
Similar male:female ratios in adults
But more males with pediatric OCD
Mean age of onset ranges from 15 - 25 years
Females have later mean onset age than males
Can start at any age
- higher in monosygotic twins
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