Tic Disorders — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: First-line treatment for OCD includes _____ + SSRIs (preferred) or clomipramine

Answer: CBT

Flashcard 2: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a disorder of thought _____, as per the Fish's classification of thought disorders

Answer: possession

Flashcard 3: In OCDs there is a(n) _____ in dopamine levels

Answer: increase

Flashcard 4: Habit reversal training involves two components: _____ training where patient is taught to voluntarily perform a behavior that is physically incompatible with the tic

Answer: competing-response

Flashcard 5: Associated neuropsychiatric disorders in PANDAS are (3)?_____

Answer: OCD, Tic disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

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.