About

“OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE
DISORDER”
Defining Obsessive-compulsive disorder
OCD (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in
which time people have
recurring, unwanted thoughts,
ideas or sensations (obsessions)
that make them feel driven to do
something repetitively
(compulsions).
• Obsessions
• Compulsions
 Disease
Recognition

OCD is characterized by obsessive

thoughts, impulses, or images and
compulsions (overt or mental
rituals) that are difficult to
suppress and take a considerable
amount of time and energy away
from living your life, enjoying
your family and friends or even
doing your job or schoolwork.
The exact cause of OCD are not known yet but there
are there are potential causes of OCD:
• People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
have structural differences in their brains.
• Sufferers of OCD may avoid certain places that
trigger the obsessive thoughts, or use alcohol or
drugs to try to calm themselves down
• OCD has a low prevalence rate (about 1% of the
population each year) in relation to other anxiety
disorders, and usually develops in adolescence or
early adulthood.
• These potential causes of OCD may lead to the
development of better treatments for the
disorder.
Causes
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There is no laboratory test for OCD. The
provider bases the diagnosis on an
assessment of the patient's symptoms, Test and
and the impact on the patient's overall
functioning. Diagnostic and Statistical Diagnose
Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition
(DSM-V) is used as a guideline.
The patients of OCD may have symptoms Signs and
Symptoms
of obsessions and compulsions or of
both. These symptoms varies and
interfere differently in different aspects
of life e.g. in school, college or
relationship etc.
• Symptoms of Obsessions

• Symptoms of Compulsions
 • Germs and contamination fears

• Annoying forbidden or offensive thoughts

Symptoms
of involving religious conviction, or harm
Obsessions
• Aggressive thoughts towards others or
self

• Having things symmetrical, proportioned

or in a perfect order
• Washing and cleaning hands excessively

• Ordering, arranging or rearranging thing in

Symptoms of
different manners Compulsions
• Checking things repeatedly e.g. checking door
locked, oven is off, or windows are closed

• Obsessive counting things

Behavioral and
Emotional
Symptoms

• Due to these thoughts or behaviors

experiences significant problems in their
daily life.
• He or She wants to spend at least 1 hour a
day on these thoughts or behaviors.
• The person can't control his or her thoughts
or behaviors, even when those thoughts or
behaviors are recognized as excessive.
• Doesn’t get pleasure when performing the
behaviors but may feel brief relief from the
anxiety the thoughts cause.
Treatment
• Non-Medical
treatment(therapy)
• Relative
Effectiveness of
treatment
Treatment
(Therapies)  Psychotherapeutics. Cognitive behavioral
therapy might help change your patterns of
thinking. Your doctor will put you in a situation
designed to create anxiety or set off
compulsions, in a form called exposure and
response prevention. You will learn to lower,
and then stop your thoughts or actions on OCD.
 To relax. Simple things like meditation , yoga,
and massage can help with the symptoms of
stressful OCD.
Therapies
(Home
Remedies)
 LIGHT THERAPY
 EXERCISE
 MEDITATION
 MUSIC THERAPY
 Relative
Effectivenes • Dependency on medications is
s of not good for the body if these
Treatment medications are for daily use.
• Researchers find effectiveness
of CBT within 16 (The Canadian
Psychology Association) a
publicly funded clinic for adults
with OCD.
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