PSYCH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Hoarders, Globus Pallidus
22 Feb 2018
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Psychiatric disorders: easy to recognize, difficult to classify, dsm. Standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the. Strategic plan: "develop, for research purposes, new ways of classifying mental disorders based on behavioral dimensions and neurobiological measures. : aims to be more objective in classification, classification still an evolving process. Irrational fear that a minor act or omission could have catastrophic outcome: compulsions, stereotyped & ritualistic behaviors, superficially aimed at avoiding catastrophe or neutralizing fear, but not in a realistic way, affects 2-3% of the population. Ocd: types and treatment: while the 3 categories of ocd all involve the basal ganglia-pfc loops, they differ by group, washers, medial orbital pfc - head of the caudate, checkers, dipfc-putamen and globus pallidus, hoarders. Lateral orbitofrontal cortex-lateral pfc: cbt, one of the most effective methods of treating many of the more mild forms of disorders, only 10-15% recover naturally.
