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Which psychological disorder is being depicted in this scene?

What are the common findings of this disorder?

What is the treatment plan for this disorder? (Name 3)

How prevalent is this disorder?

 

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Answer 1

Psychological disorder is being depicted in this scene is OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) .

common findings of this disorder:

  Many people with OCD know that their thoughts and habits don’t make sense. They don’t do them because they enjoy them, but because they can’t quit. And if they do stop, they feel so bad that they start again.

Obsessions and compulsions can involve many different things, like a need for order or cleanness, hoarding, and intrusive thoughts about sex, religion, violence, and body parts.

Obsessive thoughts can include:

Fear of germs or getting dirty

Worries about getting hurt or others being hurt

Need for things to be placed in an exact order

Belief that certain numbers or colors are “good” or “bad”

Constant awareness of blinking, breathing, or other body sensations

Unfounded suspicion that a partner is unfaithful

Compulsive habits can include:

Washing hands many times in a row

Doing tasks in a specific order every time, or a certain “good” number of times

Repetitive checking on a locked door, light switch, and other things

Need to count things, like steps or bottles

Putting items in an exact order, like cans with labels facing front

Fear of touching doorknobs, using public toilets, or shaking hands.

Treatment :

OCD is typically treated with medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two. Although most patients with OCD respond to treatment, some patients continue to experience symptoms.

Sometimes people with OCD also have other mental disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphic disorder, a disorder in which someone mistakenly believes that a part of their body is abnormal. It is important to consider these other disorders when making decisions about treatment.

Medication

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), which include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are used to help reduce OCD symptoms.

SRIs often require higher daily doses in the treatment of OCD than of depression and may take 8 to 12 weeks to start working, but some patients experience more rapid improvement.

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy can be an effective treatment for adults and children with OCD. Research shows that certain types of psychotherapy, including cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and other related therapies (e.g., habit reversal training) can be as effective as medication for many individuals. Research also shows that a type of CBT called Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP) – spending time in the very situation that triggers compulsions (e.g. touching dirty objects) but then being prevented from undertaking the usual resulting compulsion (e.g. handwashing) – is effective in reducing compulsive behaviors in OCD, even in people who did not respond well to SRI medication.

As with most mental disorders, treatment is usually personalized and might begin with either medication or psychotherapy, or with a combination of both. For many patients, EX/RP is the add-on treatment of choice when SRIs or SSRIs medication does not effectively treat OCD symptoms or vice versa for individuals who begin treatment with psychotherapy.

​​​​​​Prevalence :

2.3% Millions of people are affected by OCD. Current estimates are that approximately 1 in 40 adults in the U.S. (about 2.3% of the population) and 1 in 100 children have this condition.