Ocd case study class 12

Case Study of Severe OCD. Dr Katharina Henkelmann, consultant Psychiatrist in Clane Hospital, Co Kildare and in the Institute of Psychosocial Medicine in Dun Laoghaire, presents a case study of a severe OCD. Imagine being unable to control your thoughts and feeling powerless until you perform specific acts or rituals.

Case Study of Severe OCD. Desensitization and exposure therapy. Medication: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's) including fluoxetine (Prozac), fluvoxamine (Luvox), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), and clomipramine (Anafranil a tricyclic antidepressant) have been approved for the treatment of OCD.

OCD is an illness in which patients experience obsessions and then act on them by performing compulsions. OCD is characterized by recurrent, disturbing thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive, ritualistic behaviours that the individual feels compelled to perform (compulsions).

Impairment in OCD may reflect failures in behavioural inhibition and strategy formation. The areas of the brain affected in obsessive compulsive disorder Patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibit increased metabolic activity in the cortico- basal ganglia network compared with healthy controls.