Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Case Study

London, a 10 year old student, displays an inability to complete work and tasks in a timely manner at home and school. Her obsessive thoughts and compulsions have led to her ostracization in the classroom and a strained relationship with her mother. Due to her compulsion to repeat activities ten times and inability to control her thoughts, a diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder was established.

The following is an overview about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), one of the most difficult psychiatric illness to be understood. The way of doing certain behaviors, thoughts or routines repeatedly is the essential condition of a person with OCD. In general, it is known and described by someone who is extremely perfectionist and meticulous. Unfortunately, they do realize those habits and be able to stop doing it. Common behaviors are such as checking locks, doors, stove bottoms, and lights, hand washing, counting things, or having recurrent intrusive thoughts of hurting oneself or somebody else.

This case conceptualization of Francis discusses the principles of the cognitive behavioral theory that are based on the belief that learning, cognitions, and perceptions play a significant role in the development and maintenance of emotional and behavioral problems. Various CBT models are applied to the diagnostic determinants of Francis’ dysfunctional behavior and the empirically supported methods of cognitive behavioral treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are used to build a treatment plan to aid in Francis’ recovery.

Based upon the video, Leanne most likely has an obsessive-compulsive disorder 300.3 (F42.2). When I watched the video, I instantly noticed that she is fidgeting her fingers and shaking her legs, during her interview. She has self-diagnosed herself with this disorder. Leanne mentioned that she started seeing signs when she was about 14 or 15 years old. She has recurrent and persistent urges. She would do things in a particular order. The compulsion would start out small and be unbothersome, like packing her school bag a certain way, to then, being bothersome and taking up more time out of her day. It had gotten worse to the point when it started to stop her from going out. She cannot leave the house without checking multiple times if the house is locked. She would end up return home and turn the door handle to assure her that the door is locked. She went back and forth multiple times, in which she repeated turned the door noob. In the video, I

            OCD is a condition “in which people experience repetitive and upsetting thoughts and/or behaviors” (OCDA).  While there are many variation of the disease, those suffering from OCD show signs in either or both of two categories: obsession and compulsion.  The obsessive factor varies from thoughts to images or to impulses.  These obsessions are often frequent, upsetting, and

The client states she is having recurrent and persistent thoughts that are intrusive and unwanted. However, in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), these thoughts meet the definition of an obsession. In addition, most recurrent thoughts in OCD are not linked to a traumatic event. Also, compulsions are present in OCD, and are not related to

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder(OCD) within the Cognitive Theory (CT) model in the realm of explaining the causes of OCD. We identify what this disorder is, and touch on its history. In relation to CT we look at the different sections of CT: Exaggerated responsibility, importance of thoughts, exaggerations of threats, and perfectionism. Following this we look at the treatment options for OCD.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of chronic and debilitating anxiety disorders. People suffering from this disorder often experience recurrent, persistent and unwanted thoughts, images and impulses also referred to as obsessions, and experience repetitive behaviors called compulsions. Example of these repetitive behaviors includes hand washing, checking, ordering, and mental acts such as praying, counting repetition of words silently among others. These thoughts and behaviors affect the smooth daily lives of people to greater extent. The paper delineates on the causes, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment perspectives associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Many American suffer from mental disorders in fact “about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.” One disorder that is typically seems to be misunderstood and overgeneralized by the general public is obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, otherwise known as OCD is defined as “a type of anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions, compulsions, or both” (Textbook 574).This disorder is one the most costly, disabling, prevalent of the anxiety disorders (article) It is typically associated with persistent thoughts and ideas such as contamination, aggressive impulses, sexual content, and somatic concerns (health and body), these thoughts can be classified as obsessions. Obsessions are not something the person wants at all typically they are intrusive and uncontrollable and generally go against how they actually feel. Another part of this disorder is the compulsions, which are repeated behavior to neutralize or stabilize the obsessions. To be diagnosed with OCD one must know the behavior is irrational, the behavior must cause impairment to daily life and take up at least an hour per day or more of the person’s time. Some the more typical examples of OCD would consist of a person that one’s hands are filthy even if they have washed them 15 times in the last hour or having to check and make sure that you locked your home repeatedly before you leave. The lifetime prevalence for it is 2 to 3 percent. Onset for

After further review of the scenario, an individual who suffers from the severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. The paper is asking the author to explain how a therapist may employ systematic desensitization techniques. According to (Carpenter & Huffman, 2012, p. 318), there are three phases to the treatment first patient is taught to breathing exercise using deep muscle technique thus allowing controlled breathing. Second the patient creates a fear hierarchy; done by starting stimuli that create the least anxiety or fear then build up from there. The last step is the client works their way up the fear hierarchy, by using these techniques to expose an individual purposely to an unpleasant situation that can cause high anxiety in a small amount of time. In this example, the individual is not able to leave the home until she checks the stove many times to ensure it is off. The therapist could have the person lying on a couch visualizing that they exit the house without checking the stove. By doing this exercise in a controlled environment over time, this can help the woman to leave her home without checking the stove multiple times.

What was the major purpose or problem described in this article? To investigate the effect of season of birth (SOB) in OCD patients.

Obsessions are unwanted ideas or impulses that repeatedly well up in the mind of a person with OCD. These are thoughts and ideas that the sufferer cannot stop thinking about. A sufferer will almost always obsess over something which he or she is most afraid of. Common ideas include persistent fears that harm may come to self or a loved one, an unreasonable concern with becoming contaminated, or an excessive need to do things correctly or perfectly. Again and again, the individual experiences a disturbing thought, such as, "My hands may be contaminated -- I must wash them" or "I may have left the gas on" or "I am going to injure my child." These thoughts tend to be intrusive, unpleasant, and produce a high degree of anxiety. Sometimes the obsessions are of a violent or a sexual nature, or concern illness. People with OCD who obsess over hurting themselves or others are actually less likely to do so than the average person. Obsessions are typically automatic, frequent, distressing, and difficult to control or put an end to by themselves. With these reoccurring obsessions continuously being played in the sufferers mind, they start performing repetitive acts that reassure them that their hands aren’t dirty, or the gas for the stove is turned of. This response to their obsession is called a compulsion.

After the birth of Anna, Ada had a serious illness which took months to cure. Several years later Ada's mother hired a man named William Benjamin Carpenter to tutor Ada's children and to act as a 'moral' instructor for Ada. He then fell in love and while he tried to deny that he would never do anything inappropriate due to his marriage, it became clear that he was trying to start an affair with Ada and she promptly had him

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, also known as OCD, is a disorder that affects about two to three percent of the population (UOCD). Knowing what OCD is and who it affects is just step one in understanding the psychology of this disorder. The psychological symptoms of OCD can be quite varied which can make it difficult to diagnose. Understanding the therapy techniques and how people with OCD live their daily lives is one of the most vital part in the psychology of OCD. While the roots of the disorder may be complex, understanding the disorder in everyday life is quite simple.

In America, approximately 3.3 million people are diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, commonly known as OCD - one in every 50 adults and one in every 200 adolecence. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes people to have unwanted obsessions with things and recurring compulsions or rituals. Many times, the obsessions or compulsions have to do with cleanliness or germs. An example of this would be a person who is obsessive with washing their hands repeatedly. (website 1, paragraph 1) Every person who has this disorder has different compulsions and rituals, but it is found that a lot of cases are similar in more ways than they differ. Although this disorder may not sound serious, it can severly life altering