OCD

• behavioural symptoms

  • compulsions e.g. hand washing
  • idea is that they reduce obsessions temporarily.
• emotional symptoms

  • anxiety
  • depression
• cognitive symptoms

  • obsessions
  • ‘doomsday’ thinking
  • obstructive thoughts - awareness and irrational thinking.
• the OCD cycle

  • obsessive thoughts
  • anxiety
  • complusive behaviour
  • temporary relief
• cognitive explanations


  Becks negative triad:

  • some people are more prone to depression because of faulty information processing.
  • negative view of the self, the world and the future.
  • depressed people have a negative self schema.
• EVALUATION - cognitive explanations

  Negative triad:

  • P: good supporting evidence
  • P: has practical application
  • N: doesn’t explain all aspects of depression

  Abc model:

  • N: only partial explanation of depression
  • N: cognitions may not cause all aspects of depression
• cognitive explanations


  Ellis ABC model:

  • Activating event - depression occurs when we experience negative events such as ending relationship.
  • Beliefs - negative events trigger irrational beliefs
  • Consequences - when an activating event triggers irrational beliefs there are emotional and behavioural consequences such as believing you must always succeed.