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6. What disorder is OCD often accompanied by?
- Post-natal depression
- Phobias
- Depression
- Bipolar
7. Negative of drugs?
- long term effects
- pain
- side effects. like indegestion and blurred vision
- compromising surgery
8. What does the drug do?
- gives out serotonin so increased levels in synapse
- prevents signal from passing so increased levels in synapse
- prevent reabsorption of serotonin so increase levels in synapse
- absorbs serotonin so decreased levels in synapse
9. What does the diathesis stress model say?
- OCD can be said to be polygenic
- The model specifically says that OCD is mainly genetic.
- That certain genes mean that a person is more liekly to suffer OCD but its not certain bc environmental stress is needed to trigger it.
- Genes determine whether or not the individual is vulnerable to OCD and the environment has no influence on its triggering
10. Taken for?
- 1-3weeks
- 3-4m
- 3-4yrs
- 2days
11. Different types of OCD are caused by....
- different eating and sleeping patterns
- different groups of genes in different people
- different environmental experiences
- different IQs
12. Why are antidepressants supporting the neural explanation?
- because they work on serotonin system.
- cure OCD.
- because they help the frontal lobes.
- because they stop abnormality.
13. There is good supporting evidence for the gentic explanation through....
- it doesnt have good supporting evidence
- Antidepressant Drugs
- Nestadts Twin Studies
- Taylors Research into candidate genes
14. Postive about drugs?
- most effective
- cost effective and non disruptive
- quick
- no side effects
15. Which is a behavioural characteristic of OCD?
- Avoidance
- Panic
- Endurance
- Guilt
16. Bias from .....
- sponsored drug companies
- doctors, resreacher bias
- patients, social desirbality bias
- developers
17. Why dont we know which neural mechs are involved?
- Neural mechs don' exist in humans
- Different ones are involved somtimes and none are allways involved.
- Brain scanning is not advanced enough
- We can't identify brain parts.
18. Compulsions are..........
- Repetive
- Cause anxiety
- Singular
- Long Lasting
19. For 90% of sufferes the major cognitive element of their condition is?
- Obsessive Thoughts
- Insight into excessive anxiety
- Cognitive strategies to deal with obsession
- Compulsions
20. Which treatment are these drugs cobined with?
- Pills
- CBT
- Systematic Desensitisation
- Flooding