PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture 20: Obsessive-compulsive disorders cont'd & somatic symptoms disorders
13 Mar 2019
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Taylor, jan & asmundson (2010: heritability of 50% for ocd symptoms, obsessing, ordering, checking, hoarding, remaining variance = non-shared environment. Taylor & jang (2011: structural equation modelling supports belief causation model of ocd, genetic, environmental factors influence beliefs, symptoms; beliefs also influence symptoms, environment = 47%; genetics = 36%; beliefs = 18% of variance in symptoms. Flooding (exposure: response prevention, modeling, cognitive therapy. Comparing ocd treatments: clomipramine works better than behavioural treatment for first 5-10 weeks, behaviour therapy longer lasting than drugs, no side effects. Somatic symptom disorders: what"s common between these disorders is that they have physical symptoms, no indication of physical malfunction, e. g. , they"re blind but there"s nothing wrong about their vision. Somatic symptom disorder prevalence"s are so low people don"t know about it: they play big role in psychiatry. Somatic symptom disorder: conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
