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What are obsessions in OCD?
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Unwanted thoughts, images, or impulses that cause marked anxiety/distress
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What are compulsions in OCD?
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Repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed in the response to obsessions
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What are the 3 clinical courses of OCD?
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1. Unremitting and chronic
2. Phasic with periods of complete remission 3. Episodic with incomplete remission |
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What are 6 comorbidities of OCD?
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1. Mood disorders
2. Other anxiety disorders 3. Tic disorders 4. Eating disorders 5. Psychotic disorders 6. Personality Disorders |
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Which sex tends to have OCD?
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Females
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Is there a genetic component to OCD?
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Yes, monozygotic twins = 53-87%
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PET scans demonstrate abnormally high functional activity in which brain areas?
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Orbital cortex and in head of caudate nucleus of OCD patients
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What is triachotillomania?
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Puling out hair
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What is the OCD cycle?
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Obsessions --> Distress --> Compulsions --> Relief
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Which section of the OCD cycle do therapists try to stop?
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Distress --> compulsions
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What are 4 therapies used in CBT to treat OCD?
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1. Exposure in vivo - prolonged confrontation with anxiety evoking stimuli
2. Imaginal exposure - prolonged imaginal confrontation with feared disasters 3. Ritual Prevention - blocking of compulsions 4. Cognitive Interventions - correction erroneous cognitions |
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What is the simplified therapeutic approach?
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Do the thing you're afraid of.
The more you do it, the easier it gets |
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What is the main treatment for OCD?
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SSRIs
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In the Foa (2005) study, what was seen in terms of efficacy of combined therapy?
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Combined therapy was better than just drugs, but no better than just behavioral therapy
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Does combined treatment impede monotherapies?
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NO
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Are their conclusive results for the superiority of Combined treatment?
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NO
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In the early CBT sessions, what is done?
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Begin with only moderately distressing stimuli and intrusions
Coaching and encouragement in abstaining from rituals |
