OCD

Question 1

obsession

Answer 1

• recurrent and persistent ideas, thoughts, urges that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted, causing marked anxiety or distress
• attempts to ignore or suppress thoughts or neutralize with other thought or action

Question 2

compulsions

Answer 2

repetitive and intentional behaviors or mental acts performed in response to obsessions
- neutralize or reduce discomfort

Question 3

OCD

Answer 3

• presence of obsessions, compulsions or both
• obsessions or comopulsions are time consuming (1+ hour daily)

Question 4

body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 4

• preoccupation with 1+ perceived defects/flaws in physical appearance not observable or appear slight to others
• repetitive behaviors or mental acts in response to the appearance concerns
  *muscle dysphoria: build is too small or insufficiently muscular

Question 5

hoarding disorder

Answer 5

• persistent difficulty discarding possession, regardless of value
• perceived need to save items and avoid distress associated with discarding
• accumulation clutters living areas

Question 6

trichotillomania

Answer 6

• recurrent pulling out of one’s hair, resulting in hair loss
• repeated attempts to decrease or stop hair pulling
  *hair loss does not have to be noticable

Question 7

excoriation

Answer 7

• recurrent skin picking resulting in lesions
• repeated attempts to decrease or stop