Obsessive-Compulsive related disorders

A) INTRODUCTION

B) OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

DSM - Criteria

DSM - Specifiers

(Insight-related)

(subtypes)

Beyond DSM Symptoms

Obsession: person attempts to ignore/suppress such thoughts/urges/images or to neutralize them with some other thought or action

Compulsion: – behaviors / mental acts are aimed at preventing/reducing distress

Yale-brown obsessive-compulsive scale (YBOCS)

Etiology

(Biological)

(Psychological)

Epidemiology

Table: Epidemiology patterns for anxiety disorders vs GAD vs OCD

Comorbidities

Prognosis

Table: Prognostic factors

C) BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER

(insight-related)

Treatment

D) TRICHOTILLOMANIA

Psychological (poor quality evidence)

Pharmacological: (poor quality evidence)

Psycho-dermatological disorders: topical steroids, hydroxyzine, hydrochloride

E) EXCORIATION DISORDER (Skin Picking)

Treatments

F) HOARDING DISORDER