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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Obsessions? Compulsions?. Obsessions – repetitive and unwelcome thoughts, images, or impulses that are difficult to dismiss or control. Compulsions – repetitive behavioral responses – can be resisted only with great difficulty.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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  1. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

  2. Obsessions? Compulsions? Obsessions – repetitive and unwelcome thoughts, images, or impulses that are difficult to dismiss or control. Compulsions – repetitive behavioral responses – can be resisted only with great difficulty. Recent studies have found lifetime prevalence of OCD in North America to be about 2.5/100 people.

  3. Obsessions Thoughts, images, or impulses that repetitively occur to become out of one’s own control. Person suffering from these obsessions finds them intrusive and disturbing – recognizes they don’t make sense.

  4. Obsessions - continued Obsessions often accompanied by uncomfortable feelings such as fear, disgust, or doubt. For example, people with OCD may worry excessively about dirt and germs, and obsessed with the idea that they are contaminated or may contaminate others

  5. Compulsions These are acts that are continually performed to provide relief from discomfort caused by obsessions. OCD compulsions do not give the person pleasure (unlike drinking, gambling, etc.). For example, a person may repeatedly check to see if their stove was left on in fear of burning the house down.

  6. Most people with OCD have multiple OCD symptoms

  7. Multiple Compulsions

  8. Treatment During last 20 years, two effective methods for treating OCD have been developed: Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy (CBT) Medication with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI)

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