OCD

• OCD

  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Obsession


  A persistent thought, idea, impulse or image that experienced repeatedly, feels intrusive and causes anxiety
• Compulsion


  A repetitive and rigid behaviour or mental act that a person feels driven to preform in order to prevent or reduce anxiety. But it is only temporary and it begins to turn into a cycle
• Disorders recognised by the DSM

  • OCD - characterised by obsessions or compulsions
  • Trichotillomania - compulsive hair pulling
  • Hoarding disorder - compulsive gathering of possessions and inability to part from them
  • Excoriation disorder - compulsive skin picking
• Main symptoms of OCD (as described by the DSM)

  • Recurrent obsessions and compulsions
  • Recognition by the individual that the obsessions and compulsions are excessive and unreasonable
  • That the person is distressed or impaired, and daily life is disrupted by obsessions and compulsions
• Behavioural OCD symptomsBehavioural: Emotional: Anxiety, feelings of depression and other negative emotions

  • Cognitive: OCD sufferers are usually plagued with obsessive thoughts, meaning that if an obsession is not acted upon, there may be a negative consequence. To cope, sufferers may develop cognitive strategies or carry out compulsive behaviour