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| OCD: Treatments |
1. Behavioral therapy exposure & response prevention (i.e. systematic, gradual exposure & response prevention)
2. SSRIs
Dose needs to be higher than for other disorders.
3. Clomipramine (Anafranil)
Cyclic antidepressant.
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| Anorexia |
Similar to obsessions & compulsions, but don't believe in the irrationality of the behaviors.
[Can use an SSRI for anorexia.]
(L7, P2) |
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| Impulse-Control Disorder (ICD): Examples & Characteristics |
E.g. gambling, overeating.
Pleasurable behaviors
No self doubts
No worries about self harm or harming others
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| OCD v. OCP |
>>Know<<
OCD:
1. "Under the attack" of the obsessive & compulsive rituals.
2. Symptoms are painful; ego-dystonic
3. "Seized" by an impulse to carry the ritual; no pleasure, just relief.
4. NOT Impulse-Control Disorder (ICD)
[5. Axis I diagnosis - a mental illness]
OCP:
1. Perfectionism, emotional rigidity, devotion for work.
2. Part of oneself, ego-syntonic (i.e. harmony with ego).
3. Axis II diagnosis
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| OCD: Thoughts |
Thoughts are unwanted, intrusive, inappropriate, uncontrollable.
1. Dirtiness, contamination, germs
2. Safety concerns
3. Incompleteness (i.e. lack of order or symmetry) [thinking they forgot something]
(L7, P1) |
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| OCD: Core Elements |
Extreme self doubt and worry regarding safety of oneself and others.
(L7, P1) |
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| Obsession v. Compulsion |
>>Know obsession & compulsion (matching)<<
Obsession: uncontrollable persistence of an idea or emotion in the mind; intrusive thoughts are recognized as senseless.
Compulsion: irrational force that makes someone do something, often unwillingly; repetitive behavior, ritual.
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ucbruinette Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:43:29 GMT |
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| OCD: Definition |
Chronic condition, lasting lifelong.
Commonly starts in childhood.
[An anxiety disorder.]
Produces intense emotional suffering.
Recurring obsessions & compulsions.
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