An Evaluation on Ocd
An Evaluation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Abstract
This paper will evaluate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to include a historical overview of the disorder including a literature review, current research of the disorder, and a Christian worldview of the disorder.
Literature review
Overview
Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder diagnosed when obsessions and/or compulsions seem to be unreasonable or excessive, cause the sufferer distress, consume a certain amount of time daily, and significantly interfere with daily functioning (Comer, 2010). Obsessive compulsive disorder is a heterogeneous condition in that sufferers present with a wide variety of symptoms and behaviors (Pignotti & Thyer, 2011). Denys (2011) asserted obsessive compulsive disorders differ from other mental disorders in that the person suffering from the disorder plays a direct role in the development, maintenance, and course of the disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder presents two separate distinct characteristics or components. Obsessions, which are persistent, recurring, intrusive, troublesome, thoughts or urges which are recognized as non-realistic by the patient, and compulsions, which are repetitive behaviors, rituals, or acts that are conducted in response to the obsessive thought in an attempt to lower the anxiety resulting from the obsession make up obsessive compulsive disorder (Preston, O’Neal, & Talaga, 2010). Obsession and compulsions cause anxiety, fear, loss of control, guilt, shame, and/or aggression and cannot be denied, resisted, doubted, avoided, compared, or balanced (Denys, 2011, p.5). Comer (2010) pointed out obsession as being both ego dystonic and ego alien for those who suffer from them. If the patient attempts to ignore the thoughts anxiety increases, not only in the singular episode, but also in the recurring occurrence (Comer, 2010). Obsessions can range from obsessive wishes, impulses, images, ideas, to doubts with specific
Abstract
This paper will evaluate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to include a historical overview of the disorder including a literature review, current research of the disorder, and a Christian worldview of the disorder.
Literature review
Overview
Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder diagnosed when obsessions and/or compulsions seem to be unreasonable or excessive, cause the sufferer distress, consume a certain amount of time daily, and significantly interfere with daily functioning (Comer, 2010). Obsessive compulsive disorder is a heterogeneous condition in that sufferers present with a wide variety of symptoms and behaviors (Pignotti & Thyer, 2011). Denys (2011) asserted obsessive compulsive disorders differ from other mental disorders in that the person suffering from the disorder plays a direct role in the development, maintenance, and course of the disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorder presents two separate distinct characteristics or components. Obsessions, which are persistent, recurring, intrusive, troublesome, thoughts or urges which are recognized as non-realistic by the patient, and compulsions, which are repetitive behaviors, rituals, or acts that are conducted in response to the obsessive thought in an attempt to lower the anxiety resulting from the obsession make up obsessive compulsive disorder (Preston, O’Neal, & Talaga, 2010). Obsession and compulsions cause anxiety, fear, loss of control, guilt, shame, and/or aggression and cannot be denied, resisted, doubted, avoided, compared, or balanced (Denys, 2011, p.5). Comer (2010) pointed out obsession as being both ego dystonic and ego alien for those who suffer from them. If the patient attempts to ignore the thoughts anxiety increases, not only in the singular episode, but also in the recurring occurrence (Comer, 2010). Obsessions can range from obsessive wishes, impulses, images, ideas, to doubts with specific
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