Treatment
Therapy and medicine.
Name an obsessive symptom.
Fear of contamination, having doubts, wanting things to balance, intrusive thoughts,or unwanted thoughts.
Patterns of unwanted thoughts feelings and fears.
Obsessions
Name a part of the body OCD affects.
Nervous system, digestive, can cause renal damage, and hyperlipidaemia
Name one type of treatment for OCD.
Talking therapies, SSRI's, clomipramine
Name a compulsive symptom.
Cleaning, counting, following strict routines, or wanting approval.
Being repetitive in their actions or in other words, having an addiction.
Compulsive.
Name an area of the brain OCD affects.
Orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex.
What type of talking therapies are there to help with OCD?
CBT or ERP
What is an episode.
psychotic symptoms of their mental disorders.
About _ in _ people have OCD.
About 1 in 40 people.
The term for damage in kidneys.
Renal damage.
How many patients benefit from OCD using treatments? (as a percent)
70% of patients have benefit from OCD.
The thought of doing something aggressive and harmful
Intrusive thoughts
Causes a lot of distress that gets in the way of completing ________ _______.
Daily activities
These parts of the brain could lead to someone developing OCD if there is a slight ________ in one's area.
Abnormality.