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Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder. Josh Baker. What is OCD?. Anxiety disorder which causes unwanted thoughts (obsessions), and repetitive behaviors (compulsions).

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Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder

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  1. Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder Josh Baker

  2. What is OCD? • Anxiety disorder which causes unwanted thoughts (obsessions), and repetitive behaviors (compulsions). • Repetitive Behaviors include: hand washing, counting, checking, and cleaning in order to get rid of the bad feelings which build from these behaviors. • The repetitive behaviors are called “Rituals” • Repeating the Rituals only provides temporary help, increasing anxiety.

  3. Affects

  4. Four Steps for Conquering Obsessive Thoughts and Compulsive Urges • Psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz, author of Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior, offers the following four steps for dealing with OCD: • RELABEL – Recognize that the intrusive obsessive thoughts and urges are the RESulT OF OCD. • REATTRIBUTE – Realize that the intensity and intrusiveness of the thought or urge is CAUSED BY OCD; it is probably related to a biochemical imbalance in the brain. • REFOCUS – Work around the OCD thoughts by focusing your attention on something else, at least for a few minutes: DO ANOTHER BEHAVIOR. • REVALUE – Do not take the OCD thought at face value. It Is not significant in itself. • Source: Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders

  5. Treatment • Therapy • Self-help with medication • cognitive-behavioral therapy Therapy approach to solve problems with emotions and behavior by setting goals to reach in a systematic way. • Not curable, but is treatable

  6. Current Research/ For More Info. • Researchers are looking into why OCD affects humans. • OCD is a well known disease but not enough information about OCD is available to the public. For more information Visit • National Institute of Mental Health • International OCD foundation • OCD Online • The Mayo-Clinic • The OC foundation

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