Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders is a classification located within the DSM-5 Manual. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Other Related Disorders include Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Hoarding Disorder, Trichotillomania or hair-pulling disorder, Excoriation or skin- picking disorder, substance and medication induced OCD, OCD due to another medical condition, and unspecified OCD and related disorders such as body-focused repetitive disorder are just a few of the disorders found within this classification. This classification is of particular interest to me, especially as a parent and also as a school administrator. As a parent, I have a daughter that was diagnosed with OCD approximately 6 …show more content…
Excoriation (skin-picking) Disorder and Trichotillomania (hair-pulling) Disorder are conditions in which individual’s direct their anxieties and rituals towards specific parts or regions of their body. Excoriation is the recurrent picking of the skin resulting in skin lesions. The most commonly effected places by this disorder include the arms, legs, face, and hands. In contrast, Trichotillomania is the recurrent pulling out of one’s hair which ultimately leads to severe hair …show more content…
Both consist of individuals focusing on specific areas of the body to perform unwanted behaviors and rituals. Individuals with Excoriation or skin-picking disorder have a tendency to hide their disorder from others and the public and may do so by camouflaging it with makeup or hiding the visible results with clothing. Additionally, these individuals are known to spend a substantial amount of time throughout the day picking at their skin as they perceive visible imperfections. Skin-picking often subsides as a result of a dermatological condition that triggers the unwanted behavior of skin-picking. The individuals who suffer from skin-piking disorder will avoid social gatherings and going out in public as it becomes increasingly difficult to hide at certain times of the year depending on the
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a pattern of recurring obsessions and compulsions that are severe enough to be time consuming and interfere with a person’s daily functioning. They must cause marked distress (such as pain or physical harm to the person) or significant impairment. Usually, they take more than
through skin damaged by another underlying skin condition, such as head lice, scabies or eczema – this is known as secondary impetigo
Category # 2- Next, I will explain an in-depth look into this disorder. According to the Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC), Trichotillomania is an impulse, psychological disorder that causes people to have urges to pull out hair from their body. Areas affected are scalp, eyebrow, eyelashes, arm/leg hair, pubic regions, anywhere on the body; resulting in noticeable bald patches. For some people, Trichotillomania can be mild and can be avoided for long periods of times.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), is a mental condition that affects more than three million (1-3%) people in the US. While most all people have some form of obsession or even compulsion, those who suffer from OCD have constant tormenting thoughts and intrusions that affect the way they function in daily living. Most cases are diagnosed during childhood and last throughout the life of the patient if proper treatment is not sought. While the disorder affects both men and women, it is more common in males and has an earlier onset age. Involved in having OCD are both obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause fear or worry for
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is a mental health disorder have causes one to have overly aggressive obsessions and compulsions. Most 2.3% of the population between ages 18-54 suffer from OCD (“What Is OCD?”6). Many people think this is a common disorder, only because they think they have an idea of what is really is. The main questions people have are what it is, and how is it treated. There is also a big debate on whether OCD is a mental health issue or just a way of life.
Obsessive compulsion disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder described by irrational thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to do repetitive tasks (compulsions) (Obsessive Compulsion Disorder, 2013). When a person has obsessive-compulsive disorder, they may realize that their obsessions aren't accurate, and they may try to overlook them but that only increases their suffering and worry. Eventually, you feel driven to perform compulsive acts to ease your stressful feelings. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is often driven by a reason, cause, or fear for example, a fear of germs. To calm the feeling of this fear, a person may compulsively wash their hands until they're sore and chapped. Despite their efforts, thoughts of obsessive-compulsive behavior keep coming back. This leads to more ritualistic behavior and a brutal cycle of obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD is the fourth most common mental disorder, and is diagnosed nearly as often as asthma and diabetes (Who We Are, 2012). In the United States, one in 50 adults suffers from OCD. Obsessive compulsive disorder affects children, adolescents, and adults. About one third to one half of adults with OCD report a childhood onset of the disorder, they felt these anxieties but were not diagnosed or felt no need to be diagnosed until the compulsions over whelmed them (Who We Are, 2012). The phrase obsessive compulsive has been used to describe excessively meticulous, perfectionistic, absorbed, or otherwise fixated person. While
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), is a mental condition that affects more than three million people in the United States. While most all people have some form of obsession or even compulsion, those who suffer from OCD have constant tormenting thoughts and intrusions that affect the way they function in daily living. Most cases are diagnosed during childhood and last throughout the life of the patient if proper treatment is not sought. While the disorder affects both men and women, it is more common in males and has an earlier onset age. Involved in having OCD are both obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause fear or worry
Obsessive compulsive disorder is when a person has unwanted thoughts and fears that can lead to continuous actions and behaviors. In the beginning of this disorder, you may not understand or realize that these actions or obsessions are anything to worry about. However, as OCD progresses your anxiety will grow and cause physical, emotional, and mental problems. Your mind makes you think that you need to do these compulsive actions so that the stress and anxiety will leave and you will feel better. Examples of OCD behavior might be the fear of being contaminated with germs and you need to wash your hands over and over again (Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 2015).
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is believed to affect approximately 2.2 million adults in America (NIMH). In the past, it’s been referred to as obsessive-compulsive neurosis and is similar to arithomomania, mysophobia, and délire du toucher. It is an anxiety disorder that is diagnosed between the ages of seven and twelve, but is prevalent throughout childhood and into adulthood. People with OCD develop a variety of compulsions in order to cope with their irrational obsessions, which vary with all cases, and can cause other conditions that negatively impact every day life. This disorder is treatable and can be subsided with medication.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, is defined in the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as being “characterized by the presence of obsession and/or compulsions. Obsessions are recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted, whereas compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Obsessive-compulsive
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder in which a person gets entangled in a chain reaction of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are repeated thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause anxiety. (“Obsessive-compulsive disorder,” 2013) Compulsions are irresistible urges to behave in a certain way, especially against one 's conscious wishes to combat the obsessions. Common obsessions are contamination,
Compulsion: washing; cleaning; counting; checking; demanding reassurance; following a strict routine; orderliness; handwashing until his/her skin becomes raw; checking doors repeatedly to make sure they are locked; checking the stove repeatedly to make sure it is turned off; counting in certain patterns (i.e. by twos or tens); silently repeating a prayer, word or phrase; arranging your canned goods to face the same way
Obsessive compulsive disorder also known as OCD, is an anxiety disorder. People who have this disorder have repetitive thoughts and behaviors that they cannot control. A chemical imbalance of the neurotransmitter serotonin throws off communication in the brain. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians (2015), it can also cause impulses that manifest through obsessions, ideas, and images. The next part of this disorder is compulsions. These are the behaviors that people who have this disorder perform in order to get rid of the uncontrollable thoughts and feelings.
Obsessive compulsive disorder which is best known for the obsessions and compulsions people may tend to have or in other words a very serious disorder. People have many different types of obsessions and compulsions, they all vary because everyone is
Out of the eight patients, 5 were females and 3 were males. The mean age of the patients was 58 years, the youngest being a 33year old male and the eldest a 73 year old female. 7 of the 8 patients were Hindu by faith and one patient was Muslim. All patients belonged to a lower socio economic class with a maximal educational qualification of 10th standard. In all cases the mode of development of the delusion was acute and the patients had no prior psychiatric diagnosis. All patients had visited faith healers prior to seeking psychiatric care at our department. 3 patients were referred from the department of dermatology, 2 were referred from the department of general medicine and 2 from the otorhinolaryngology department. One patient presented directly to the department of psychiatry. 3 patients reported the infestation began from the ears whereas two believed the scalp was the initial site of involvement. The vaginal orifice, a small cut on the skin