PSYCH 2AP3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Behaviour Therapy, Model Organism, Antipsychotic
7 Jan 2016
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Obsessive compulsive and related disorders in dsm 5. Body dysmorphic disorder: belief that your body is misshapen. Ocd and related disorder due to a medical condition . Obsession: persistent, intrusive thoughts, urges or images that cause anxiety or distress in most individuals that the individual tries to ignore, suppress or neutralize. Compulsion: repetitive behaviours or thoughts individual compelled to perform in response to as obsession or according to rigid rules: hand-washing, organizing and ordering, checking, rechecking, counting. O/c take more than 1 hour/ay or cause significant impairment. Not due to a substance or another medical condition. Disturbance not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder. 1% annual, 1. 5% lifetime prevalence in the u. s. Usually starts in adolescence, early adulthood (can begin in childhood) For adult ocd prevalence for males = female. For childhood ocd, male: female ratio is 3:1.
