In OCD,obsessionsare ideas, thoughts, impulses, or images that keep coming back. They are not enjoyable, rather obsessions are unwanted and upsetting, causing severe anxiety or distress. The content of these obsessions is sometimes grouped into different areas, including: aggression (fears of harmin...
ItemRange of Severity 1.Time Spent on Obsessions0 hrs/day0-1 hrs/day1-3 hrs/day3-8 hrs/day8+ hrs/day Score01234 2.Interference from ObsessionsNoneMildDefinite but ManageableSubstantial ImpairmentIncapacitating Score01234 3.Distress from ObsessionsNoneLittleModerate but ManageableSevereNear Constant,...
The psychological symptoms of anorexia can affect individuals of all shapes and sizes, and restriction of intake can cause severe medical and psychological complications regardless of weight. Bulimia Nervosa (of low frequency and/or limited duration): All criteria for bulimia nervosa are met, except ...
Severe physical and psychological effects, similar to anorexia nervosa, despite the individual not being underweight, could include: The physical ramifications of untreated atypical anorexia: Malnutrition and vitamin/mineral deficiencies Loss of bone mineral density (osteopenia/osteoporosis) Cardiovascular ...
Although none of our subjects were diagnosed with current alcohol dependence or abuse, the subjects with PTSD, especially the veterans, reported more severe symptoms of past alcoholism than the subjects without PTSD. However, the mean MAST score of the subjects with PTSD who were exposed to CSA...
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, debilitating mental illness characterized by disordered thoughts, abnormal behaviors, and anti-social behaviors. It is a psychotic disorder, meaning the person with schizophrenia does not identify with reality at times. ...
If you find that someone you know is exhibiting such signs of hoarding, reach out to them and discuss it with them before their hoarding becomes more severe. Help them understand that their behaviors are putting themselves and their family in danger. Only when the affected individual decides to...
There are different types of obsessions and compulsions. You might have a severe fear of germs, for example. This obsession can then cause you to repeatedly wash your hands, which is a compulsion. Not everyone who has OCD has the same symptoms, but these typically include: ...
Many of these symptoms can also occur when acute stress is severe, such as during apanic attack. Sometimes, the symptoms come on so quickly and profoundly that it may seem like you're having aheart attack.4 It is also possible to get a"stress rash"when the body is spontaneously flooded...
The purpose of the study was to examine whether schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) represents a severe form of OCD-spectrum disorders on the basis of neurological soft signs (NSS) and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. Sixteen patients with OCD-schizophrenia, 25 OCD patients ...