Foundation Learning

• What are repetitive compulsions in OCD?

  Feel the need to do a behaviour
• How do individuals with OCD use anxiety reduction?

  They perform behaviours to reduce their anxiety
• What might someone with OCD do to avoid triggers?

  Avoid conditions that lead to their OCD trigger
• What emotional characteristic is associated with OCD when compulsions are not acted on?

  Anxiety/distress
• How can OCD lead to depression?

  Due to extreme repetitive feelings
• What feelings can OCD cause besides anxiety?

  Guilt/disgust
• What are obsessive thoughts in OCD?

  Repetitive thoughts and ideas causing compulsions
• What are coping strategies in the context of OCD?

  Actions to reduce their OCD & anxiety
• What does excessive anxiety in OCD refer to?

  Thoughts that are irrational and always present
• What are the main behavioural, emotional, and cognitive characteristics of OCD?

  • Behavioural Characteristics:
  • Repetitive compulsions
  • Anxiety reduction
  • Avoidance
  • Emotional Characteristics:
  • Anxiety/distress
  • Accompanying depression
  • Guilt/disgust
  • Cognitive Characteristics:
  • Obsessive thoughts
  • Coping strategies
  • Excessive anxiety