Body fluids, germs and disease, environmental contaminants, household chemicals and dirt all contribute to this fear/obsession
What is contamination?
100
Kids and teens with OCD are more likely to have additional mental health problems than those who do not have the disorder, true or false?
What is true?
100
Excessive showering, bathing, tooth brushing, grooming or toilet routines are examples of this compulsion.
What are washing/cleaning?
100
Experts agree that _____ _____ _____ is the treatment of choice for youngsters with OCD
What is cognitive behavioural therapy?
100
OCD
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
200
Fear of acting on an impulse to harm oneself or others,
Fear of yelling out insults or swearing and Fear of stealing things are all examples of this obsession
What is losing control?
200
Studies find that it takes an average of 14 to 17 years from the time OCD begins for people to obtain appropriate treatment, true or false?
What is true?
200
Rereading or rewriting or doing a task three times because 3 is a "good", "safe" number is an example of...
What is repeating?
200
When young people understand how exposure and response prevention (ERP) operates their _______ decreases.
What is anxiety?
200
SSRI
What is Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
* commonly used medication to control symptoms of OCD
300
A concern about evenness or exactness and a concern with a need to know or remember are examples of this obsession.
What is perfectionism?
300
ADHD, tic disorders, and disruptive behavior disorders usually require the same medication as OCD, true or false?
What is false?
*these disorders usually require additional treatments, including medicines that are not specific to OCD.
300
Collecting items which results in significant clutter in the home is an example of...
What is hoarding?
300
Medicines should only be considered when there are _________ OCD symptoms.
What is moderate to severe?
300
ERP
What is Exposure and Response Prevention
* a type of cognitive behavioural therapy used
to help people with OCD