NR 547 MIDTERM EXAM TEST
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What are obsessions (OCD)? - ✔ANASWER✔-Intrusive
thoughts that accompany behaviors and that individuals
may attempt to ignore or counteract through action
Examples of obsessions (OCD) - ✔ANASWER✔-Bodily
wastes/secretions
Fear of something terrible may happen
Symmetry/order
Excessive praying
Lucky/unlucky numbers
,Forbidden sexual thoughts
Intrusive nonsense words or sounds
What are compulsions (OCD)? - ✔ANASWER✔-Repetitive
actions, commonly driven by an obsessive thought,
performed to relieve anxiety or fear
Examples of compulsions (OCD) - ✔ANASWER✔-
Excessive/ritualized handwashing/showering
Repeating rituals
Checking doors/locks/stove
Cleaning
Touching
Ordering and arranging
Counting
Subclinical symptoms of OCD - ✔ANASWER✔-Minor
obsessions, ritualistic behaviors, perfectionism, avoidance
patterns, checking tendencies
,Clinical symptoms of OCD - ✔ANASWER✔-Obsessions,
compulsions, symmetry/order, checking rituals, avoidance,
magical thinking (belief that certain actions or thoughts
can prevent a feared event from occurring)
What are the comorbidities of OCD? - ✔ANASWER✔-
Major depressive disorder, social phobia, suicide, alcohol
use disorder, GAD, specific phobia, panic disorder, eating
disorders, personality disorders
What are the other forms of OCD? - ✔ANASWER✔-Body
dysmorphic disorder
Hoarding disorder
Excoriation disorder (Skin-picking)
What is body dysmorphic disorder? - ✔ANASWER✔-
Preoccupation with physical appearance and subjective
flaws (checking/grooming)
What is OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)? -
✔ANASWER✔-Symptoms and behaviors consume at least
1hr/day or cause significant distress and impairment
, What is hoarding disorder? - ✔ANASWER✔-Excessive
attachment to possessions, distress related to being
separated from items
What is hair-pulling disorder (Trichotillomania)? -
✔ANASWER✔-Recurrent hair-pulling causing hair loss
What is excoriation disorder (skin-picking)? -
✔ANASWER✔-Recurrent skin-picking causing lesions to
the skin
What is the first-line option in the pharmacological
management of anxiety and how do you prescribe them? -
✔ANASWER✔-SSRIs; start low and go slow
If SSRIs do not work in treatment of anxiety, what is a
good agent to try? - ✔ANASWER✔-SNRIs (duloxetine or
venlafaxine)
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What are obsessions (OCD)? - ✔ANASWER✔-Intrusive
thoughts that accompany behaviors and that individuals
may attempt to ignore or counteract through action
Examples of obsessions (OCD) - ✔ANASWER✔-Bodily
wastes/secretions
Fear of something terrible may happen
Symmetry/order
Excessive praying
Lucky/unlucky numbers
,Forbidden sexual thoughts
Intrusive nonsense words or sounds
What are compulsions (OCD)? - ✔ANASWER✔-Repetitive
actions, commonly driven by an obsessive thought,
performed to relieve anxiety or fear
Examples of compulsions (OCD) - ✔ANASWER✔-
Excessive/ritualized handwashing/showering
Repeating rituals
Checking doors/locks/stove
Cleaning
Touching
Ordering and arranging
Counting
Subclinical symptoms of OCD - ✔ANASWER✔-Minor
obsessions, ritualistic behaviors, perfectionism, avoidance
patterns, checking tendencies
,Clinical symptoms of OCD - ✔ANASWER✔-Obsessions,
compulsions, symmetry/order, checking rituals, avoidance,
magical thinking (belief that certain actions or thoughts
can prevent a feared event from occurring)
What are the comorbidities of OCD? - ✔ANASWER✔-
Major depressive disorder, social phobia, suicide, alcohol
use disorder, GAD, specific phobia, panic disorder, eating
disorders, personality disorders
What are the other forms of OCD? - ✔ANASWER✔-Body
dysmorphic disorder
Hoarding disorder
Excoriation disorder (Skin-picking)
What is body dysmorphic disorder? - ✔ANASWER✔-
Preoccupation with physical appearance and subjective
flaws (checking/grooming)
What is OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)? -
✔ANASWER✔-Symptoms and behaviors consume at least
1hr/day or cause significant distress and impairment
, What is hoarding disorder? - ✔ANASWER✔-Excessive
attachment to possessions, distress related to being
separated from items
What is hair-pulling disorder (Trichotillomania)? -
✔ANASWER✔-Recurrent hair-pulling causing hair loss
What is excoriation disorder (skin-picking)? -
✔ANASWER✔-Recurrent skin-picking causing lesions to
the skin
What is the first-line option in the pharmacological
management of anxiety and how do you prescribe them? -
✔ANASWER✔-SSRIs; start low and go slow
If SSRIs do not work in treatment of anxiety, what is a
good agent to try? - ✔ANASWER✔-SNRIs (duloxetine or
venlafaxine)
