Exam 6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Dr. Fisher identifies as a behaviourist. As such, she thinks compulsions are:

People with trichotillomania often feel __________ after pulling their hair

According to the frustrated action model, under what condition is someone likely to engage in either hair pulling or skin picking?

Hoarding disorder has been described as a disorder since the:

Which of the following best describes the occurrence of body dysmorphic disorder?

Many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder also have another disorder.

What is exposure and response prevention? How would you modify it to make it less likely that people would drop out of treatment if that's the treatment modality?

Exposure with response prevention is the most widely used treatment for OCD.

Obsessions are repetitive actions a person performs to calm themselves down.

Laura works at a hair salon that is considered a safe space, which means that people with ______________ can go there without having to explain themselves.

According to Freeston and Ladouceur, an important fifth step in CBT for OCD is:

Jan has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He is _________ to have another disorder, too.

Which of the following medications is used to treat hoarding disorder?

When presented with dirty items, Rauch et al. (1994)found that people with contamination fears resulting from OCD show increased regional blood flow to the:

In studying the hypothesis that individuals with OCD have memory deficits, Cuttler and Graf (2009)identified prospective memory as:

Which of the following is the best example of a clinical compulsion?

About how many people either drop out or are not successfully treated when seeking treatment for OCD?

Jeanie often finds herself thinking about all the germs she's been exposed to, but she doesn't take any action. Jeanie most likely:

Compared to people without body dysmorphic disorder, those with BDD show

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is considered an anxiety disorder in DSM-5.