Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Exam 2024
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - ANSWER-repeated, intrusive, and unwanted
thoughts that cause anxiety, often accompanied by ritualized behaviour to relieve this
anxiety
What do children with OCD experience? - ANSWER-time-consuming (taking more than
1 hour a day), and disturbing obsessions and compulsions
obsessions - ANSWER-persistent and intrusive thoughts, ideas, impulses, or images
what are the most common obsessions in children? - ANSWER-contamination, fears of
harm to self or others, or concerns with symmetry and exactness
what are the most common obsessions in adolescence? - ANSWER-sexual, somatic,
and religious preoccupations
compulsions - ANSWER-repetitive, purposeful, and intentional behaviors or mental acts
that are performed in response to an obsession
what are the most common compulsions? - ANSWER-multiple compulsions are the
norm, the most common being excessive washing and bathing, followed by repeating,
checking, touching, counting, hoarding, and ordering or arranging
what is the criteria for the obsessive component of obsessive-compulsive disorder
according to the DMV-IV? - ANSWER-1) recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or
images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and
inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress,
2) the thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life
problems,
3) the person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to
neutralize them with some other thought or action,
4) the person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a
product of his or her own mind (not imposed from without as in thought insertion)
what is the criteria for the compulsion component of obsessive-compulsive disorder
according to the DMV-IV? - ANSWER-1) repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the
person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that
must be applied rigidly,
2) the behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or
preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts
Exam 2024
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) - ANSWER-repeated, intrusive, and unwanted
thoughts that cause anxiety, often accompanied by ritualized behaviour to relieve this
anxiety
What do children with OCD experience? - ANSWER-time-consuming (taking more than
1 hour a day), and disturbing obsessions and compulsions
obsessions - ANSWER-persistent and intrusive thoughts, ideas, impulses, or images
what are the most common obsessions in children? - ANSWER-contamination, fears of
harm to self or others, or concerns with symmetry and exactness
what are the most common obsessions in adolescence? - ANSWER-sexual, somatic,
and religious preoccupations
compulsions - ANSWER-repetitive, purposeful, and intentional behaviors or mental acts
that are performed in response to an obsession
what are the most common compulsions? - ANSWER-multiple compulsions are the
norm, the most common being excessive washing and bathing, followed by repeating,
checking, touching, counting, hoarding, and ordering or arranging
what is the criteria for the obsessive component of obsessive-compulsive disorder
according to the DMV-IV? - ANSWER-1) recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or
images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and
inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress,
2) the thoughts, impulses, or images are not simply excessive worries about real-life
problems,
3) the person attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, impulses, or images, or to
neutralize them with some other thought or action,
4) the person recognizes that the obsessional thoughts, impulses, or images are a
product of his or her own mind (not imposed from without as in thought insertion)
what is the criteria for the compulsion component of obsessive-compulsive disorder
according to the DMV-IV? - ANSWER-1) repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the
person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that
must be applied rigidly,
2) the behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing distress or
preventing some dreaded event or situation; however, these behaviors or mental acts
