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1) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
-obsessions are reccuring thoughts, beliefs, or ideas that dominates a person's mental content -compulsions are acts (either physical or mental) performed repeatedly in a way that a person may realize that is neither appropriate or useful -cormorbid with major depression and 15% attempt suicide -common in men and women and prevelant in higher income groups - onset is adolescence in males and young adulthood in females - it can be years before it comes to clinical attention -when it occurs before puberty it can result in tics and cormorbid disorders -SSRI, systematic desensitization, and CBT can be helpful in treatment |
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2) Body dysmorphic disorder ( also known as dsymorphophobia) |
- worry that something is wrong with the shape or appearance of a body part-most often breasts, genetalia, hair, or the nose, or some other body parts - this disorder often requires medical procedures( such as dermabrasion or plastic surgery) for their imagined deficits and are often unhappy with the results -10% of patients consult a dermatologist and a third seek rhinoplasty - patients are often in their teens - men and women both suffer with men being concerned more about genetial, hair, or not being muscular enough -counseling, CBT, or SSRI's are used for treatment |
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3) Hoarding Disorder |
- a condition that is said to affect 2-5% of people and is new to the DSM-5 and is not considered OCD - onset is young and worsens with time so much that it is found in older adults -males outnumber females -specify this and other disorders by level of insight |
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4) Trichotilliomania ( hair-pulling disorder) |
- usually beginning in childhood hair pullers often extract their own hair, beards, eyebrows, and eyelashes - some put their hair in their mouths and 30% swallow it causing a bezoar (hairball) that needs surgical removal - some are referred to dermatologists for hair loss - onset is usually in childhood or adolescence - hair pulling can be found in up to 3% of the adult population especially women. Also common in people with intellectual disabilities - patients often crack their knuckles, bite their nails, and even excoriate themselves |
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5) Excoriation ( Skin-Picking) Disorder |
- excoriation usually starts in adolescence and can occur later in life - patients spend considerable time digging at their skin - focus is on the head or face -fingernails are often the instrument of choice but tweezers are used - cormorbid with other mental disorders like trichotilliomania, mood disorders, and OCD -prevelant in females and people with developmental disabilities - excoriation is new in the DSM-5 although first described in 1889 - therapy and meds are used for treatment |
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Flavors of OCD |
Washers, Checkers,Counters, Cleaners |
