PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Conversion Disorder, Psychosurgery, Bilateral Cingulotomy
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Obsession persistent intrusive idea, thought, impulse, or image. Attempts to ignore or resist them trigger extreme anxiety. Have common themes: dirt/contamination, violence, and aggression, religion, sexuality. Compulsion repetitive and seemingly purposeful behavior preformed in the response to: Believe, though that something terrible will happen if they do not preform compulsive acts. 4 major dimensions: obsessions associated with checking compulsions, need for symmetry and order, obsessions about cleanliness associated with washing compulsions, hoarding-related behaviors. Similar generalized biological vulnerability to having anxiety in general. Specific psychological vulnerability: early life experiences and learning, thoughts are dangerous and unacceptable, thought-action fusion. Distraction temporarily reduces anxiety: increase frequency of thought. One study found that 86% of patients benefit. No added benefit from combined treatment with drugs. A disorder in which individuals are preoccupied with the idea that a part of their body is ugly or defective that are not observable or appear slight to others.
