PY 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Etiology, Trichotillomania, Body Dysmorphic Disorder

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: PY
• Course: PY 358
• Professor: Theodore Tomeny

Document Summary

Chapter 5 - obsessive-compulsive and impulse control disorders. Chapter outline: what is obsessive-compulsive disorder, what are obsessive-compulsive related disorders (ocrds), what are impulse control disorders, etiology of obsessive-compulsive and impulse control disorders, treatment of obsessive-compulsive and impulse control disorders. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd: obsessions recurrent, persistent, intrusive thoughts. Perfectionism vs. ocd: how can we tell the difference, ocd is chronic, severe, and rarely remits without treatment. In children, higher rates in boys than girls: symptoms of ocd are similar across cultures. The content of obsessions is sometimes culture specific: recognize they have this disorder and other people do not have it good insight. The obsessive-compulsive related disorders include: body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania, excoriation disorder. What are impulse control disorders: problems with self-control of behavior that violate the rights of others and conflict with societal norms, examples, pyromania, kleptomania, share features with ocd and ocrds, often conceptualized as addictive behaviors.