Obsessive-compulsive disoder Flashcards
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
-Obsessions are intrusive, unwanted thoughts, urges, or images
-Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts driven by obsessions (hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (e.g.
counting, repeating words silently
-Individuals with OCD attempt to ignore or suppress obsessions
-Obsessions or compulsions in OCD are time-consuming
-Approximately 2% of the global population is diagnosed with OCD
-Criteria for OCD diagnosis include specific behaviors and time spent
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
-When you feel flow to your physical appearances.
-You constantly mirror checking, you clean yur self, skin picking, seek reassurance from other, you compare yourself to other.
-BDD causes distress or impairment in functioning
-BDD is not related to concerns about body fat or weight
-BDD** may include specifiers like muscle dysphoria and insight levels**
-BDD affects 1.7%-2.9% of the general population
Specifiers Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
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-With Muscle dysphoria: Individual
preoccupied with idea that their body
build is too small or insufficiently
muscular - -With good or fair insight: Individual
recognizes that BDD beliefs are most likely
or definitely not true. - -With poor insight: Individual thinks that
BDD beliefs are probably true
With absent/delusional beliefs: Individual
is convinced that BDD beliefs are true
Trichotillomania
-recurrent hair pulling
- repeated
attempts to decrease or stop the hair
pulling
Onset usually coincides with puberty
Can come and go for weeks, months, or
years at a time
Excoriation Disorder
-recurrent skin picking
-spend significant time picking include face, arms, and hands
-Individuals spend** at least 1 hour per day
picking, thinking about picking, and
resisting urges to pick**
Body dysmorphic-like disorder with
actual flaws:
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- experiences distress and preoccupation with perceived flaws or defects in their physical appearance, even though these flaws are objectively observable
-excessive and cause impairments or distress
Body-focused Repetitive Behavior
Disorder
- **Recurrent body-focused repetitive behaviors
Lip biting
Tongue chewing
Cheek chewing
Obsessional Jealousy
- Characterized by nondelusional
preoccupation with a partner’s perceived
infidelity.
-focus on thoughts or beliefs that their partner is being unfaithful, despite little or no evidence to support these beliefs.
Hoarding Disorder
- -Excessive accumulation of items, difficulty discarding : newspapers, magazines, clothing, household goods, food containers, and even animals in some cases.
- -Emotional attachment to possessions: their possessions, viewing them as extensions of themselves or as sources of comfort and security.
Substance/Medication-Induced(OCD)
- OCD symptoms triggered by substances/medications
What percent of the global population is diagnosed with OCD
2%
What is the difference between obsessions in Body Dysmorphic Disorder versus
preoccupations in Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa
-Body Dysmorphic Disorder, obsessions are focused on perceived defects in appearance, such as a perceived flaw in one’s skin or facial features
-preoccupations in Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa are centered around body weight, shape, and food intake, rather than specific physical defects.
What is another name for Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
dysmorphophobia
What are some common themes or types of obsessions and compulsions seen in
individuals with OCD?
-contamination fears, fear of harm or causing harm, need for symmetry or order, and intrusive taboo thoughts
-Obsessions in OCD are intrusive, unwanted thoughts, images, or urges that cause dist**ress
-Compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that a person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession. Examples include washing, checking, counting, and repeating actions.
What is the highest level of care in treating OCD?
typically residential treatment programs or inpatient hospitalization
