Trichotillomania — 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: OCD results from fixation in the _____ phase of sexual development

Answer: anal

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: Patients with _____ disorder are ego-dystonic

Answer: obsessive-compulsive

Flashcard 6: Domestic squalor is associated with _____ Disorder

Answer: Hoarding

Flashcard 7: 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 8: _____ 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