OBSESSIVE

COMPULSIVE

DISORDER

INTRODUCTION 1

OCD is…

A TRAP!

OCD can be classified into…

DIRT AGGRESSION

ORDERLINESS ILLNESS

SEX RELIGION

BIOLOGICAL

FACTORS 2

NEUROTRANSMITTERS

NEUROTRANSMITTERS SEROTONIN

BROKEN LINKS IN BRAIN

BROKEN LINKS IN BRAIN

Orbital-frontal cortex

Thalamus

GENETICS

GENETICS

87% identical twins Carey, Gottesman, 1981

3 COGNITIVE FACTORS

MISINTERPRETATION OF THOUGHTS

MISINTERPRETATION OF THOUGHTS “Oh no I’m a danger to children”

MISINTERPRETATION OF THOUGHTS “Washing hands makes me feel

relieved” Cognitive Behavioral Theory

OCD sufferers perform actions to reduce threat Salkovskis, 2003

An attempt to suppress a thought

can lead to its inverse Salkovskis, Kirk, 1997

SOCIOCULTURAL

FACTORS 4

PAST EXPERIENCES

PAST EXPERIENCES Living situation

Abuse Illness

Death

RELIGION

RELIGION 13/34 OCD sufferers from North

Jerusalem perform religious rituals

constantly Greenberg, Witztum, 1994

LOCATION

LOCATION

Native Mexican Americans more likely to have anxiety disorders than those who just immigrated to U.S.

TIME

RELIGION College students are more anxious

now than in 1950’s

EVALUATION +

RECAP 5

HIGH LEVELS OF SEROTONIN à ANXIETY

ANXIETY à HIGH LEVELS OF SEROTONIN?

OR

ARE THEORIES RELIABLE?

RECAP

RECAP Biological Cognitive

Sociocultural

Neurotransmitters Lose wiring of brain Genetics

Misinterpretation of thoughts Cognitive-Behavioral Theory

Past experiences Religion Location

Age

THE END!

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