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Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Symptoms, Treatments, and History

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Common symptoms include excessive hand washing, checking locks, and relentless ordering of items. Those affected often experience frustration and depression due to their compulsions. Treatments include psychotherapy, medications, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). With a history dating back to the 1400s, OCD is prevalent across all ethnic groups, affecting both men and women equally. Approximately 2.3% of the population aged 18-54 suffers from OCD.

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Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Symptoms, Treatments, and History

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  1. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Logen Hendricks

  2. What is Ocd? • OCD — An anxiety disorder characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears that lead you to do repetitive behaviors. • Obsessions – recurrent or persistent mental images, thoughts, or ideas • Compulsions – repetitive, rigid, and self-directed routines that are intended to prevent the manifestation of an associated obsession • Sufferers of this disease become deeply frustrated and depressed by their inability to get rid of these intruding thoughts and actions

  3. Symptoms • Hand washing until your skin becomes raw • Checking doors repeatedly to make sure they're locked • Counting in certain patterns • Arranging your canned goods to face the same way • Fear of being contaminated by shaking hands or touching objects • Intense stress when objects aren’t orderly or facing the right way

  4. Treatments • Psychotherapy • Medications • Behavior Therapy • CBT – (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) is the therapy most commonly used for this disorder.

  5. History of ocd • OCD has been a disorder since as far back as the 1400s, but it was not known by that name. • In the 1600s people were known to have “religious melancholy” • Dr. Samuel Johnson was one of the earliest famous people to suffer from OCD. • 1800s – OCD was understood as a kind of partial insanity. • In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Sigmund Freud believed that every disorder was caused by the subject’s parents. The disease was called “Obsessional neurosis” at this time.

  6. Facts • It has been estimated approximately 2.3% of the population between ages 18- 54 suffer from OCD • The average age for the onset for actual OCD symptoms is 19 • OCD is found in all ethnic groups. Both men and women are equally affected, although in children, OCD seems to be more prevalent in boys • A third to a half of all people who suffer from OCD began noticing obsessive traits during childhood

  7. Sources • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/DS00189/DSECTION=symptoms • http://www.helpguide.org/mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm

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