Warm up: How do people get
psychological disorders
Notebooks out
please
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
AKA OCD
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Essential Question
What are the major challenges facing
people with Obsessive-Compulsive
disorder in terms of disabilities and
treatments?
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OCD the ’secretive disorder’
A type of Anxiety Disorder.
Compulsions
OCD has two main features:
obsessions and compulsions
severity of OCD differs markedly
between people
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Obsessions
Obsessions are unwanted thoughts,
ideas, or mental images that occur
over and over again. Most people try
to ignore or suppress them
They are automatic, frequent,
upsetting or distressing, and difficult to
control or get rid of
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Common obsessions include
Fears: about dirt, germs and contamination;
aggressive thoughts or impulses;
unreasonable fears of harming others ( if this
is not carried out) especially loved ones;
abhorrent, blasphemous or sexual thoughts;
inordinate concern with order; and fears that
things are not safe
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Compulsions
Repetitive ritual behaviors, often
involving checking or cleaning
They are automatic, frequent,
upsetting or distressing, and difficult to
control or get rid of
People carryout a compulsion in
order to reduce the anxiety they feel
from an obsession
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Common compulsions include
observable actions such as
excessive washing and cleaning,
checking,
repeatedly touching, or counting
this lessen the chances of provoking an
obsession (e.g. putting all sharp objects out of
sight) and acts which reduce obsession fears
(e.g. wearing only certain colors).
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Example
A woman was obsessed with the idea
that she would get germs from nearly
everything she touched. She
compulsively washed her hands over
and over again, sometimes as many
as 500 times a day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn1OYlYzgm8
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Movie Clip
From the movie “Matchstick Men”
starring Nicholas Cage who plays a
con man with OCD.
Identify characteristics of OCD
apparent with Nicholas Cage’s
character
What type of help does Cage’s
character receive?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvBUL_Ih8yo
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