Hoarding Disorder — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Persons having OCD often exhibit abnormal rates of metabolic activity in the _____ lobe and the basal ganglia of the brain

Answer: frontal

Flashcard 2: Patients showing _____ behaviour have poor prognosis with exposure and response prevention in OCD

Answer: hoarding

Flashcard 3: First-line treatment for OCD includes _____ + SSRIs (preferred) or clomipramine

Answer: CBT

Flashcard 4: Domestic squalor is associated with _____ Disorder

Answer: Hoarding

Flashcard 5: What is the most common symptom of adult obsessive-compulsive disorder?_____

Answer: Obsession of contamination

Flashcard 6: Patients with _____ disorder are ego-dystonic

Answer: obsessive-compulsive

Flashcard 7: Stereotactic _____ leucotomy and stereotactic subcaudate tractotomy are surgical modalities for treating OCDs

Answer: limbic

Flashcard 8: The defense mechanisms characteristically seen in _____ include isolation of affect, undoing, and reaction formation.

Answer: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Flashcard 9: What is the specific behavioral technique used for the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?

Answer: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Extra: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the gold standard behavioral therapy for OCD. It involves exposing the patient to anxiety-provoking thoughts/situations (exposure) while instructing them to refrain from performing their usual compulsive rituals (response prevention). Systematic desensitization is more typically used for phobias.