OCD

Question 1

outline the behavioural characteristics of OCD

Answer 1

• repeated compulsions
  – some get these compulsions without it being triggered by the anxiety of having an obsession 10%
• avoidance
  – may avoid situations that trigger the behaviours can interfere with daily life and affect ability to function adequately.
  these behaviours reduce the anxiety associated with an obsession.

Question 2

outline the emotional characteristics of OCD

Answer 2

• guilt and disgust, guilt at irrational and minor moral issues, disgust at internal (self) or external (eg dirt)
• often comorbid with depression so low moods and lack of enjoyment in activities
  -anxiety which informs the urge to complete compulsions

Question 3

outline the cognitive characteristics of OCD

Answer 3

acknowledgement that their obsession is irrational but an inablity to reduce the constantsty of the thoughts
obsessions- they have fixations that compulsions relieve such as fear of germs
cognitive coping strategies- mental prayer can hinder daily life and appear abnormal to others
-catastrophic thinking
-hypervigilence

Question 4

define OCD according to DSM-5

Answer 4

characterised by either obsessions of compulsions. most diagnosis have both.