Week #5 Quiz Obsessive Compulsive & Related Disorders

Which of the following is not true about obsessions in OCD?

• Patients cannot attempt to ignore, suppress, or neutralize obsessions

• Obsessions can be impulses

• Obsessions are recurring and persistent

• Obsessions can be thoughts or images

Which of the following is true about compulsions in OCD

• Compulsions are a response to an obsession

• Compulsions may arise due to rules that are applied to rigidly

• Compulsions may not be realistically related to the obsession

• Compulsions may be behaviors or mental acts

• All of the above

True or False: In individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder, their perceived flaws or defects do not exist.

• True

• False

If a patient has difficulty discarding items AND continues to excessively acquire items that are not needed for which there is no available space, this patient would likely be diagnosed with:

• Hoarding Disorder with good or fair insight

• Hoarding Disorder with poor insight

• Hoarding Disorder with absent insight/delusional beliefs

• Hoarding Disorder with excessive acquisition

Which of the following is not true of individuals with Trichotillomania (hair-pulling) or Excoriation (skin-picking) disorders?

• Behaviors can be triggered by boredom

• The behaviors usually occur when the individual is alone or around family

• The behavior is typically painful for the individual

• Behaviors can occur automatically, outside of conscious awareness

EPPP: Which of the following is not considered an anxiety disorder in the DSM-5?

• Separation Anxiety Disorder

• Panic Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Hoarding Disorder

EPPP: Research indicates that the _____ of OCD are similar across cultures.

• prevalence rates

• prevalence rates and age of onset

• prevalence rates, age of onset, and gender distribution

• prevalence rates, age of onset, gender distribution, and comorbidity

EPPP: The onset of OCD in children

• is equally common in boys and girls

• is six times more common in girls than boys

• is four times more common in girls than boys

• is more common in boys than girls

Mrs. Apple’s apartment has become a dangerous environment due to the many things she finds difficult to let go. Her husband is threatening to leave her if she does not start to clean and let go of items. Mrs. Apple explains that she has always been a “collector” but that it “got out of control" following the death of her daughter two years ago. When considering a diagnosis of Hoarding Disorder or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), it is important to keep in mind that:

• Individuals with OCD who hoard in response to an obsession or compulsion are distressed by their hoarding behaviors, while those with Hoarding Disorder experience distress when they discard hoarded items.

• For individuals with Hoarding disorder, hoarding behaviors are ego-dystonic; whereas for those with OCD, the behaviors are ego-syntonic.

• Individuals with OCD who hoard in response to an obsession or compulsion are likely to acquire less bizarre items than those with Hoarding Disorder.

• In contrast to people with OCD, those with Hoarding Disorder have little or no insight into their behavior.