TOPIC:-Obsessive compulsive

Disorder

PRESENTED BY:

Priyanka Singh 26

M.A ( Applied psychology)

OCD

Sexual obsession

Pathological doubt

Fear of harming

oneself and other

According to DSM –IV-TR OCD is a anxiety disorder and it can be define by the occurrence of unwanted and intrusive obsessive thought and compulsive behavior.

obsessive thought like,

Common example;

SIGN AND SYMPTOMS

Obsession

Compulsion

Obsession:- Recurrent and persistent

thought and images, impulses that are

experienced at some time as intrusive and cause

marked anxiety.

Thoughts ,impulses, or images are not simply

excessive worries about real life problem.

Person attempt to ignore or suppress or neutralize

them with some other thought or action.

Person recognizes they are the product of his or

her own mind.

The case history of Darcy , who work with a psychologist to address the

symptoms of obsession.

Darcy reckoned that she had begun having obsessions around age nine soon after her beloved grandma

had died. Already grieving the loss of the person she was closet to in life, Her father relocated the family from the

small town to big city . Adjusting to big city life wasn’t easy for someone as

anxious as Darcy, and soon found that she was obsessing. She had fears of

being hit by a speeding car. She feared that she would be kidnapped by bad

people. She had to repeat each family member’s full name 15 times, and

promise God that she would improve herself , clap her hands 20 times , kneel down and get up 5 times. She had to do this routine at least 10 times each night.

She thought that if she made any mistake anywhere something bad would

happen to her family .

CASE HISTORY

Compulsion:-

Repetitive behavior ,or mental acts

Behaviors or mental acts

aimed at preventing or

reducing distress or preventing

some dreaded event or

situation.

• This case was recorded by the us military physician and neurologist William Hammond on account of compulsive washing history. His patient was 18 years old woman who became obsessed with being “contaminated” by what around her.

The patients obsession increase to the point where she was unable to make contact with any surface without washing her hand. According to her mother , she would do so over 200 times each day.

While on the street she had to gather her cloth up to avoid touching other people-a common OCD experience.

CASE HISTORY

Differences of OCD and OCPD:-

OCD is considered in Axis-I diagnosis, while OCPD is in Axis-II diagnosis.

OCD is anxiety disorder, while OCPD is personality disorder.

OCD is characterized by either obsession or compulsion, where OCPD is characterized by rules, order, schedule and perfectionism.

OCD individuals meets the criteria of OCPD but OCPD individuals does not meet the criteria of OCD.

The OCD individuals usually identify that their thought and behavior are irritable ,But OCPD individuals believe that there is nothing wrong in their life ,they want to do thing in their own way.

OCD symptom can be change in severity over the life, but OCPD is rigid personality style that cannot be change.

OCD is a mental disorder, this disorder generally

begins at late adolescence and early

adolescence. It is also common in children.OCD affect the

1.6 % of the general population.

It is more common in boys than girls.

CONCLUSION