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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Date 1
A presentation for students, school staff and families.
By Bianca Ometto.
The American Psychiatric Association explains OCD as an anxiety disorder which causes:
Obsessions:
recurring thoughts,
ideas,
or sensations
contamination
harm
the need for symmetry or exactness
forbidden sexual or religious thoughts
Common Compulsion signs and symptoms in childhood OCD include:
cleaning
rituals
checking
repeating
ordering and arranging
acting out and behavior issues
Normal behavior Indicative behavior
Washes hands once Washes hands for at least 30
with soap and water seconds with excessive
for 15 seconds. amounts of soap.
How it relates to OCD:
Ritualizing the hand washing process, may repeat the steps numerous times until they are satisfied their hands are clean.
The three main components of treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are:
1. Education: promote education about OCD to the individual affected, their families, classmates, and teachers. This provides information and helps decreased stigma associated with disorder.
2. Cognitive Behavior Therapy: affected individual learn tools to manage compulsions.
3. Medication: selected serotonin reuptake inhibitors seem effective and somewhat safe to be taken by children.