Psychologists have always been curious about the brain, behavior, and why we do what we do, but a large part of their research has been on mental illnesses and how to treat them. What makes someone have a mental illness? Usually it is genetics, but in some cases it is not. In the book, Overcoming OCD A journey to Recovery, we see a young man dealing with this illness, and how he makes his way from rock bottom, to having a “normal” life.
1. (a) Start by defining what Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is in your own words? Draw from Okami (2014), my lecture notes, Singer and Gillihan (2015), and any relevant websites. Assume that I am not familiar with the disorder, thus be specific and thorough in your description of this disorder. [4 pts]
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Nature focuses on the biological, what biologically makes us who were are, whereas nurture focuses on how we were raised. OCD for Dan was probably something he was born with, however some of his actions may have been nurture related. Many times his mom would accidently enable him and his OCD. “One night, when Gary repeatedly reported the basketball game’s score to Dan because Dan couldn’t bring himself to watch television, I finally hit me: we were enabling our son, hurting him instead of helping” (Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. 44). Because Dan could not watch television, they were trying to help him, but really they were not, they needed convince him to come see the television instead. People have good intentions, they just want to help the person, but they are really reinforcing the cycle of OCD, and this can decrease the motivation for treatment (Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. …show more content…
(a) Explain what ERP is in your own words? [4 pts]
ERP is Expose and Response Prevention, meaning that the person exposes themselves to something they have been avoiding, such as touching a book, or sitting in a car. Then they start to use those items such as reading or driving, these are things they were terrified to do, and they work their way to using or doing those things ( Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. 55).
(b) What type of therapy would ERP fall under from our lecture notes on Chapter 14? [1pt]
Systematic Desensitization. Slowly exposing them to anxiety provoking stimuli and taight relaxation techniques to conquer the fear.
(c) Provide an example from the text where Dan practices ERP in his daily life. [2 pts]
An example of ERP in his daily life was going to the bookstore after he got out of St. Josephs. He could hardly go in before and then he hesitantly got out of the car and went in. He was in for about an hour and came out and said “I bought a book” ( Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. 117). He was able to one go inside but two he was able to buy something, two things that were very hard. His mother was concerned he could not go to the library to get school book, and he slowly pushed himself to do it. Whereas, prior to learning ERP he could not even get himself to eat most of the
1. (a) Start by defining what Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is in your own words? Draw from Okami (2014), my lecture notes, Singer and Gillihan (2015), and any relevant websites. Assume that I am not familiar with the disorder, thus be specific and thorough in your description of this disorder. [4 pts]
In …show more content…
Nature focuses on the biological, what biologically makes us who were are, whereas nurture focuses on how we were raised. OCD for Dan was probably something he was born with, however some of his actions may have been nurture related. Many times his mom would accidently enable him and his OCD. “One night, when Gary repeatedly reported the basketball game’s score to Dan because Dan couldn’t bring himself to watch television, I finally hit me: we were enabling our son, hurting him instead of helping” (Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. 44). Because Dan could not watch television, they were trying to help him, but really they were not, they needed convince him to come see the television instead. People have good intentions, they just want to help the person, but they are really reinforcing the cycle of OCD, and this can decrease the motivation for treatment (Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. …show more content…
(a) Explain what ERP is in your own words? [4 pts]
ERP is Expose and Response Prevention, meaning that the person exposes themselves to something they have been avoiding, such as touching a book, or sitting in a car. Then they start to use those items such as reading or driving, these are things they were terrified to do, and they work their way to using or doing those things ( Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. 55).
(b) What type of therapy would ERP fall under from our lecture notes on Chapter 14? [1pt]
Systematic Desensitization. Slowly exposing them to anxiety provoking stimuli and taight relaxation techniques to conquer the fear.
(c) Provide an example from the text where Dan practices ERP in his daily life. [2 pts]
An example of ERP in his daily life was going to the bookstore after he got out of St. Josephs. He could hardly go in before and then he hesitantly got out of the car and went in. He was in for about an hour and came out and said “I bought a book” ( Singer and Gillihan, 2015, p. 117). He was able to one go inside but two he was able to buy something, two things that were very hard. His mother was concerned he could not go to the library to get school book, and he slowly pushed himself to do it. Whereas, prior to learning ERP he could not even get himself to eat most of the