Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder — Flashcards

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

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

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a disorder of thought _____, as per the Fish's classification of thought disorders

OCD results from fixation in the _____ phase of sexual development

_____ is used in resistant and chronic OCD cases

In OCDs there is a(n) _____ in serotonin levels

What behavioural technique is used for the treatment of OCDs?_____

_____ is a form of CBT which has two parts: exposure to obsession-provoking situations, and the reduction or prevention of compulsions or safety behaviors

Patients with _____ disorder are ego-dystonic