HC.2.1

Question 1

What do all the disorders in the ACD course have in common?

Answer 1

They are all characterized by compulsive behaviour, behaviour that is continued despite the person being aware of the profound detrimental consequences.

Question 2

What is meant by a transdiagnostic perspective (on compulsivity)?

Answer 2

• Transdiagnostic perspective: identifying commonalities in psychological or neurobiological processes across different mental disorders
• on compulsivity: This means that instead of looking at compulsive behaviors only within specific disorders (like OCD, addiction, or eating disorders), we step back and look across multiple disorders to find what they have in common.

Question 3

What is meant by endophenotype?

Answer 3

The focus remains on understanding compulsivity across different disorders by examining shared mechanisms.