HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, List Of Body Horror Media, Dsm-5
3 Oct 2016
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Ocd, ptsd, and anxiety: the splitting of anxiety disorders. In the past, ocd and ptsd belonged to anxiety disorders. Shared core feature (anxious distress: dsm-5 gives them their own place, think about how we separate the disorders. What is the criteria: the diagnosis shapes how you and others view yourself, ptsd and ocd often stem from a traumatic event or episodes, compulsions often follow trauma. Post traumatic stress disorder: history, shell-shocked wwi, combat fatigue wwii, now it"s ptsd, are they the same thing or different, society gets the mental illness it needs. E. g. dreams, repetitive play patterns in children, hallucinations. Flashbacks: disassociation: person may experience both psychological and physiological symptoms, avoidance and arousal, avoidance: The person will avoid all thoughts/feelings, memories associated with the traumatic event: places, social situations, talking about it, arousal: Reacted to noises, quick to anger, trouble sleeping, startle easily, become reckless/ self destructive. Pressure from war veterans" of vietnam led to the inclusion in the dsm-3.
