Essential Characteristics of OCD:
-___ related recurrent ____ and or compultions
anxiety; obsessions
Essential Characteristics of OCD:
-intrusive, recurring, unwanted thoughts
-experienced as a part of themselves, not an alien thing
obsession
excessive doubt, and excessive thinking are two parts of hwat
obsessions
Essential Characteristics of OCD:
-repetitive behavior that is difficult to resist doing no matter how absurd
-yielding ____ are most common
-controlling _______, such as counting or touching
compulsions
Etiology of OCD: which?!
-low serotonin level
-abnormal activity in orbital frontal cortex and caudate nucleus -could be causal
biological
Etiology of OCD: which?!
-compulsions are learned be chance
-not likely to be causal
behavioral
Etiology of OCD: which?!
-OCD patients have a specific self schema
-them blame themselves
-unlikely to be causal
-compulsions neutralize the obsessive thoughts (more causal)
cognitive
Treatment of OCD: Biological
-____ medication improves symptoms, but isnt a ____
antidepressant; cure
Treatment of OCD: Behavioral
-___ and ___ prevention
exposure and response. 60-90% effective
Treatment of OCD: Cognitive Treatments
- ____ training, which is a form of implosion therapy. aka eliciting thoughts to the extreme
- _____ response ____, which is distracting selves mentally