OCD in Children and Adolescents — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: In OCDs there is a(n) _____ in dopamine levels

Answer: increase

Flashcard 2: In OCDs there is a(n) _____ in serotonin levels

Answer: decrease

Flashcard 3: 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.

Flashcard 4: What is the most common symptom of adult obsessive-compulsive disorder?_____

Answer: Obsession of contamination

Flashcard 5: _____ is a form of CBT which has two parts: exposure to obsession-provoking situations, and the reduction or prevention of compulsions or safety behaviors

Answer: Exposure and response prevention

Flashcard 6: Patients with _____ disorder are ego-dystonic

Answer: obsessive-compulsive

Flashcard 7: First-line treatment for OCD includes _____ + SSRIs (preferred) or clomipramine

Answer: CBT

Flashcard 8: Stereotactic _____ leucotomy and stereotactic subcaudate tractotomy are surgical modalities for treating OCDs

Answer: limbic

Flashcard 9: The defense mechanisms characteristically seen in _____ include isolation of affect, undoing, and reaction formation.

Answer: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)