OCD

Question 1

What are obsessions?

Answer 1

Recurrent, intrusive and distressing thoughts, images, memories and impulses

• unwanted
• usually restricted
• recognised as originating from own mind

Question 2

What are compulsions?

Answer 2

Repetitive, seemingly purposeful behaviours that individual feels driven to perform

Question 3

Effect of socioeconomic status, educational achievement and ethnicity on likelihood of developing OCD?

Answer 3

None

Question 4

Which personality disorders are people with OCD most likely to have?

Answer 4

Dependent
Avoidant
Histrionic
Mixed

Question 5

Histrionic PD

Answer 5

Excessive attention seeking
Seduction
Vivacious

Question 6

Autoimmune causes of OCD?

Answer 6

B haemolytic strep and autoantibodies to basal ganglia

Question 7

Treatment for OCD

Answer 7

SSRI and/or cognitive behaviour

Question 8

The 3 domains of dysfunctional beliefs in OCD

Answer 8

• inflated sense of responsibility
• beliefs about the importance of, and need to control, intrusive thoughts
• perfectionism and intolerance of uncertainty