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Flashcards by Tyler Erasmus, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tyler Erasmus
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Clinical Characteristics | Obsessions: Intrusive thoughts or impulses that disturb the patient and cause distress. Compulsions: Thoughts or actions intended to help resist the obsession and provide relief from the distress and anxiety. |
| Emotional Characteristics | Anxiety and distress, that the individual is aware of, which can lead to shame |
| Behavioural Characteristics | Compulsive behaviours to reduce obsessive thoughts. Not always realistically connected |
| Cognitive Characteristics | Recurrent, intrusive, uncontrollable thoughts, more than everyday worries. |
| Biological Explanations: Genetic Explanations | COMPT gene creates high levels of dopamine. SERT gene created low levels of serotonin. Diathesis-stress says genes only create a vulnerability (some people have the gene but no disorder) and there are links with the same gene and other disorders |
| Neutral Explanations | Dopamine in high levels and serotonin in low levels in compulsive behaviours |
| Anatomical Explanations | Worry circuit explains how a damaged nucleus doesn't supress worry signals from the OFC to the thalamus the causes a cycle of anxiety. |
| Biological Explanations Evaluation | :) - Supporting research from twin and family studies (Billet) :( - Does not consider the role of nurture and environmental factors :( - Genes are not specific to OCD, also strong links to Tourette's, autism and anorexia. |
| Biological Treatments Drug Therapy: | SSRIs prevent the reuptake of serotonin, which therefore increases this neurotransmitter and the low levels associated with OCD. It does this by preventing the reabsorption of serotonin across the synapse. |
| Anti-anxiety Drugs | BZs work by increasing the effectiveness of GABA that naturally clams the body down. |
| Biological Treatments Evaluation | :) - Supporting research shows that SSRIs are more effectiveness that placebos. :) - Drug therapies are more cost effective and involve less time and effort compared to therapy. :( - Side effects such as insomnia, hallucinations and addiction. |
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