OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves unwanted and disturbing thoughts, images, or urges (obsessions) that intrude into a child/teen/ adult’s mind and cause a great deal of anxiety or discomfort, which the child/teen/adult then tries to reduce by engaging in repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions).
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry; by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety; or by a combination of such obsessions and compulsions.
OCD often centers around themes, such as a fear of getting contaminated by germs. To ease your contamination fears, you may compulsively wash your hands until they're sore and chapped. Despite efforts to ignore or get rid of bothersome thoughts, the thoughts or urges keep coming back. This leads to more ritualistic behavior — and a vicious cycle that's characteristic of OCD.
Causes:
The cause is unknown. Both environmental and genetic factors are believed to play a role. Risk factors include a history of child abuse or other stress-inducing event.
Risk factors:
Factors that may increase the risk of developing or triggering obsessive-compulsive disorder include:
Symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms usually include both obsessions and compulsions. But it's also possible to have only obsession symptoms or only compulsion symptoms. About one-third of people with OCD also have a disorder that includes sudden, brief, intermittent movements or sounds (tics).
Causes:
The cause is unknown. Both environmental and genetic factors are believed to play a role. Risk factors include a history of child abuse or other stress-inducing event.
- Genetics:
- Infection:
- Environment:
Risk factors:
Factors that may increase the risk of developing or triggering obsessive-compulsive disorder include:
- Family History:
- Stressful life events:
Symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms usually include both obsessions and compulsions. But it's also possible to have only obsession symptoms or only compulsion symptoms. About one-third of people with OCD also have a disorder that includes sudden, brief, intermittent movements or sounds (tics).
Obsession symptoms:
Compulsion symptoms:
OCD compulsions are repetitive behaviors that you feel driven to perform. These repetitive behaviors are meant to prevent or reduce anxiety related to your obsessions or prevent something bad from happening. However, engaging in the compulsions brings no pleasure and may offer only a temporary relief from anxiety.
- Contamination: Fear of contamination or dirt by shaking hands or by touching objects others have touched
- Accidental harm to self or others: Aggressive or horrific thoughts about harming yourself or others
- Symmetry and exactness: Needing to have things orderly and symmetrical
- A need for perfection: Intense stress when objects aren't orderly or facing a certain way
- Forbidden thoughts: Unwanted thoughts, including aggression, or sexual or religious subjects. Thoughts about shouting obscenities or acting inappropriately. Distress about unpleasant sexual images repeating in your mind
Compulsion symptoms:
OCD compulsions are repetitive behaviors that you feel driven to perform. These repetitive behaviors are meant to prevent or reduce anxiety related to your obsessions or prevent something bad from happening. However, engaging in the compulsions brings no pleasure and may offer only a temporary relief from anxiety.
- Washing or cleaning: Washing hands excessively, sometimes until they are raw and bleeding. There are many other types of washing behaviors, including:
- Toilet rituals (e.g., excessive wiping)
- Grooming/tooth brushing rituals (e.g., brushing each tooth in a particular order)
- Showering rituals (e.g., washing each body part a certain number of times or in a particular order)
- Cleaning compulsions (e.g., rituals and rules for how to wash laundry, clean the bathroom, kitchen, etc.)
- Checking: Doubts that you've locked the door or turned off the stove
- Counting, tapping, touching, or rubbing: Counting in certain patterns.
- Ordering/arranging: Arranging your canned goods to face the same way.
- Mental rituals: Silently repeating a prayer, word or phrase.
Diagnosis:
Many people with OCD live with the condition for years before being diagnosed, or they go without treatment because they are afraid or embarrassed to talk about their symptoms.
Many people with OCD live with the condition for years before being diagnosed, or they go without treatment because they are afraid or embarrassed to talk about their symptoms.
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