Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), defined by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a mental disorder with “essential features of recurrent obsessions of compulsions that are severe enough to be time consuming or cause marked distress or significant impairment.” Even though this disorder has been mentioned since the seventeenth century many aspects of its origin are still unknown. Affecting around one percent of the United States
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Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Sam A. Okibe May 10th, 2013 Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) INTRODUCTION: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric illness categorized under anxiety disorder. OCD is characterized by marked obsession (thoughts) and compulsion (repetitive behavior) aimed at satisfying the obsession. The DSM-IV-TR (2000) places OCD’s diagnosis under Axis-1 along with most anxiety disorders. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) which
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects children and adults by interfering with a person’s routine, schoolwork, job, family and social life. This disorder can be very detrimental to an individual and even their family members. People with this disorder are sometimes stuck in infinite cycles of repetitive behavior. They may have reoccurring thoughts of fear and obsessions that they are unable to control. Most of the time these behaviors and obsessions end up controlling the individual. This
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was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in adolescence. He exhibits the most common theme of obsession, fearing contamination from germs. In an attempt to reduce his anxiety, he will behave compulsively. He may wash his hands until they are raw or take multiple showers a day. Although he realizes his actions are irrational, he cannot stop. With many ashamed and unwilling to admit they have OCD, I wonder how underestimated the number of people with the disorder is. According to a survey
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talk about obsessed on insight on SBS. Obsessed is the disorder considering someone or something as so important that you are always thinking about them, in a way that seems extreme to other people. Jenny Brockle, she was the hosted the show. In this talk she has invited guests namely, Scott Draper(Scott Draper was a former professional tennis and golf player), Sandra Pritchard (Sandra Pritchard is living proof that Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a serious, debilitating illness), Ellie (sixteen year
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, better known as OCD, is a lifelong mental anxiety that is associated with your brain. This disorder causes people to use their fears as repeated and uncontrollable compulsions. It also forces unwanted thoughts into their brains and causes anxiety. Their brains force them to think about mental fears and act upon them, resulting in repetitive behavior, which are called compulsions. The most common compulsions are cleaning, organizing, hoarding, counting, touching, and
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder in which you have awkward thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to repetitive behaviors (compulsions). An example of an obsessive-compulsive disorder would be a fear of getting contaminated by germs. To ease your obsessive fear, you may compulsively wash your hands until they're sore. Despite your efforts, the distressing thoughts of obsessive-compulsive disorder keep coming back. (Greenberg) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological aspects of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Abstract Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric condition affecting about 2% of the population. Subjects with OCD typically suffer from recurring intrusive, unsettling thoughts and repetitive, ritualistic behaviors. This essay discusses the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neural psychological aspects of obsessive compulsive disorder. A range of studies have identified several regions within
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Case Study: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – The Case of Bess Your Name PSY/410 Date Professor Obsessive Compulsive Disorders: The Case of Bess Obsessive compulsive disorder commonly (OCD) can be defined as an anxiety disorder differentiated by acts of compulsiveness or continual thoughts of obsession. Persistent thoughts, images, and desires are characteristics of obsessions. These thoughts, images, and desires are not typically willed into one’s mind as they are often senseless, illogical
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Classical and Operant conditioning predicts that OCD patients have been predisposed to rapid conditioning. Tracy et al support this view; as they separated students into an ‘OCD like’ group and a control group based on their answers to an obsessive compulsive symptom checklist. They then used and eye blink task to see how much time it took for students in each group to condition (blink in response to a bell.) Their results showed that some OCD-like students were conditioned more quickly, and so
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