Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Cards (2)

  • Characteristics of OCD
    Obsessions
    Performing repetitive compulsions
    Feelings of extreme anxiety
  • Outline two cognitive characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
    obsessive thoughts – persistent and intrusive thoughts of, eg germs
    hypervigilance/selective attention – increased awareness of source of obsession in new situations
    insight into irrationality of thoughts/behaviour