PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fluoxetine, Model Organism, Behaviour Therapy
10 Nov 2016
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Obessive-compulsive disorder: 1% annual, 1. 5% lifetime prevalence in u. s, usually starts in adolescence, early adulthood (can begin in childhood, for adult, males = females, for childhood ocd, male:female ratio 3:1. Etiology of ocd: behavioural symptoms, ritualistic & repetitive behaviours, compulsions in ocd, cognitive symptoms, intrusive thoughts, obsessions in ocd, psychological processes, response inhibition, ocd, emotion regulation, all anxiety disorders, defense mechanisms, brain structure, function and chemistry, genetic bases. Behaviourists ignore cognition, what about cases in which no prior conditioning can be identi ed. Etiology of ocd: psychodymanic: psychodynamic perspective, symptom has symbolic link to underlying con ict, con ict often localized to anal period due to concerns with order, cleanliness. Etiology of ocd: evolutionary: judith rapaport: compulsions = left-over programs" from evolutionary past, washing = grooming, checking = predator search, acral lick in dogs = animal model of ocd, responds to clomipramine, problem located in basal ganglia.
