Chapter 7: Obsessive-Compulsive-Related and Trauma-Related Disorders

Question 1

obsessions

Answer 1

intrusive and unwanted thoughts, urges, or images that persist or recur and usually cause distress or anxiety

Question 2

compulsions

Answer 2

repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to carry out and that usually must be performed according to rigid “rules” or correspond thematically to an obsession

Question 3

obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 3

A disorder characterized by one or more obsessions or compulsions

Question 4

hoarding disorder

Answer 4

an obsessive-compulsive-related disorder characterized by persistent difficulty throwing away or otherwise parting with possessions - to the point that the possessions impair daily life, regardless of the value of those possessions

Question 5

body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 5

a disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with a perceived defeat or defects in appearance and repetitive behaviors to the perceived defeat

Question 6

exposure with response preventions

Answer 6

a behavioral technique in which a patient is carefully prevented from engaging in his or her usual maladaptive response after being exposed to a stimulus that usually elicits the response

Question 7

posttraumatic stress disoder

Answer 7

a traumatic stress disorder that involves persistent (a) intrusive re-experiencing of the traumatic event, (b) avoidance of stimuli related to the event, (c) negative changes in thoughts and mood, and (d) hyperarousal and reactivity that persist for at least a month

Question 8

acute stress disorder

Answer 8

a trauamtic stress disorder that involves (a) intrusive re-experiencing of the traumatic event, (b) avoidance of stimuli related to the event, (c) negative changes in thought and mood, (d) dissociation, and (e) hyperarousal and reactivity, with these symptoms losing for less than a month