The purpose of this paper is to discuss similarities, differences, causes, and treatments of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). With OCD, a client must have recurrent thoughts, impulses that become an issue within their day to day life (Meyer & Weaver, 2013). Many times, these thoughts become obsessional behaviors, such as counting to ten before applying deodorant under each arm, or repetitively checking to make sure the front door is locked ten to fifty times, until it affects other areas of their lives. With PTSD, a client usually has witnessed or been a victim of serious trauma such as a violent rape, natural disaster, or witnessing brutal death in a war zone. Because of that trauma, clients relive
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OCD can be a hereditary response to how a client was raised, whereas not necessarily a traumatic experience. A diagnosis of PTSD requires the client to have feelings of detachment, avoidance of feelings, relive the trauma, and possible reckless behavior (Hooley, Butcher, Nock, & Mineka, 2017). For a diagnosis of OCD, one must have recurrent obsessions followed by compulsions which are done to relieve or reduce stress, not avoid the feelings of stress (Hooley, Butcher, Nock, & Mineka, 2017).
Typical Causes of Each Cordeiro, Sharma, Thennarasu, & Reddy (2015) found there are four major symptom dimensions in OCD that include symmetry (repeating/counting), forbidden thoughts (aggression/sexual), cleaning (handwashing/contamination), and hoarding (attachment with items to an unmanageable level). It is suggested that these patterns are heritable and neuropsychological in nature (Cordeiro, Sharma, Thennarasu, & Reddy, 2015). Hooley, Butcher, Nock, & Mineka (2017) list five compulsive rituals as cleaning, checking, repeating, ordering, and counting. Hoarding has been moved to a different disorder within the DSM-5. Unlike OCD, PTSD in an anxiety disorder and can occur at any age may develop if a client experiences an unexpected traumatic
OCD can be a hereditary response to how a client was raised, whereas not necessarily a traumatic experience. A diagnosis of PTSD requires the client to have feelings of detachment, avoidance of feelings, relive the trauma, and possible reckless behavior (Hooley, Butcher, Nock, & Mineka, 2017). For a diagnosis of OCD, one must have recurrent obsessions followed by compulsions which are done to relieve or reduce stress, not avoid the feelings of stress (Hooley, Butcher, Nock, & Mineka, 2017).
Typical Causes of Each Cordeiro, Sharma, Thennarasu, & Reddy (2015) found there are four major symptom dimensions in OCD that include symmetry (repeating/counting), forbidden thoughts (aggression/sexual), cleaning (handwashing/contamination), and hoarding (attachment with items to an unmanageable level). It is suggested that these patterns are heritable and neuropsychological in nature (Cordeiro, Sharma, Thennarasu, & Reddy, 2015). Hooley, Butcher, Nock, & Mineka (2017) list five compulsive rituals as cleaning, checking, repeating, ordering, and counting. Hoarding has been moved to a different disorder within the DSM-5. Unlike OCD, PTSD in an anxiety disorder and can occur at any age may develop if a client experiences an unexpected traumatic