HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture 8: OCD&PTSD 5-1
22 Nov 2016
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Historically, both ocd and ptsd belonged to anxiety disorders, sharing core feature (anxious distress). Force us to ask questions about how we separate one disorder from another. If we knew the boundaries, then they may actually shift. If someone says i have ocd, it conveys different meanings: pstd and ocd often result from traumatic events or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma, yet crucial differences. First (cid:862)shell sho(cid:272)k(cid:863), the(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)at fatigue(cid:863) after ww2. New to chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders in dsm-5. War experience, victims of violence, industrial accidents, likely candidates: rare dsm mention of etiology, does(cid:374)"t de(cid:448)elop o(cid:448)er(cid:374)ight sometimes months pass, cannot occur simply due to exposure via tv. 9/11 on tv, people are traumatized, but not pstd bc it cannot happen through. To be diagnosed, a person (or loved one) must have been exposed to a traumatic event, third party exposure involving actual or threatened death.
