Lori Riddle-Walker MFT, Treating OCD and Related Disorders, San Diego » Spectrum Disorders http://www.lrwalker.net Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Scrupulosity Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:18:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 About Generalized Anxiety Disorder http://www.lrwalker.net/about-generalized-anxiety-disorder.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/about-generalized-anxiety-disorder.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:49:39 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=148 Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by excessive worry, but such worries are distinguished from obsessions by the fact that the person experiences them as excessive concerns about real-life circumstances.

For example, an excessive concern that one may lose one’s job would constitute a worry, not an obsession. In contrast, the content of obsessions does not typically involve real-life problems, and the obsessions are experienced as inappropriate by the individual (e.g., the intrusive distressing idea that “God” is “dog” spelled backward).

Source: DSM-IV-TR®, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition

See DSM-IV-TR 300.02 Generalized Anxiety Disorder

]]> http://www.lrwalker.net/about-generalized-anxiety-disorder.htm/feed 0 About Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder http://www.lrwalker.net/about-obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/about-obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:48:40 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=171 Although Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder have similar names, the clinical manifestations of these disorders are quite different. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is not characterized by the presence of obsessions or compulsions and instead involves a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control and must begin by early adulthood. If an individual manifests symptoms of both Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, both diagnoses can be given.

Superstitions and repetitive checking behaviors are commonly encountered in everyday life. A diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder should be considered only if they are particularly time consuming or result in clinically significant impairment or distress.

Source: DSM-IV-TR®, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition

See DSM-IV-TR 301.4 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

]]> http://www.lrwalker.net/about-obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder.htm/feed 0 About OCD Spectrum Disorders http://www.lrwalker.net/about-ocd-spectrum-disorders.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/about-ocd-spectrum-disorders.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:54:41 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=176 OCD Spectrum Disorders are disorders that share some common characteristics with OCD. These can include hoarding, hypochondrasis, other health anxieties, body dysmorphic disorder, Tourette’s syndrome, tic disorders, generalized anxiety disorder, and some impulse control disorders such as trichotillomania or compulsive skin picking.

]]> http://www.lrwalker.net/about-ocd-spectrum-disorders.htm/feed 0 Body Dysmorphic Disorder http://www.lrwalker.net/body-dysmorphic-disorder.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/body-dysmorphic-disorder.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:55:20 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=178 Body Dysmorphic Disorder is the preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance.

The disorder tends to occur in young adults. Sufferers may persistently seek medical attention to fix the defect surgically. Some do well with surgery, while others remain preoccupied and dissatisfied with their appearance. Severe preoccupation causes clinically important distress or impairs work, social or personal functioning.

See DSM-IV-TR 300.7 Body Dysmorphic Disorder

]]> http://www.lrwalker.net/body-dysmorphic-disorder.htm/feed 0 Hypochondriasis http://www.lrwalker.net/hypochondriasis.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/hypochondriasis.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:56:23 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=180 Hypochondriasis is the preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person’s misinterpretation of bodily symptoms or bodily functions. Medical investigation and reassurance do not relieve these ideas.

See DSM-IV-TR 300.7 Hypochondriasis

]]> http://www.lrwalker.net/hypochondriasis.htm/feed 0 Kleptomania http://www.lrwalker.net/kleptomania.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/kleptomania.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:57:40 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=182 Kleptomania is characterized by the recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects not needed for personal use or monetary value. Just before the theft, the patient experiences increasing tension. At the time of theft, the patient feels gratification, pleasure or relief. These thefts are not committed out of anger or revenge, nor in response to delusions or hallucinations.

See DSM-IV-TR 312.32 Kleptomania

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See DSM-IV-TR 307.23 Tourette’s Disorder

]]> http://www.lrwalker.net/tourettes-disorder.htm/feed 1 Trichotillomania http://www.lrwalker.net/trichotillomania.htm http://www.lrwalker.net/trichotillomania.htm#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:00:15 +0000 admin http://www.talkingfeathercommunications.com/testsite/?p=186 Trichotillomania is characterized by recurrent pulling out of one’s hair for pleasure, gratification, or relief of tension that results in noticeable hair loss. Hair may be pulled from any location, including scalp, eyelashes and eyebrows. Recurrent pulling out of one’s hair results in noticeable hair loss. The sufferer experiences an increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when attempting to resist the behavior. Pleasure, gratification, or relief is experienced when pulling out the hair.

See DSM-IV-TR 312.39 Trichotillomania

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