Exam 3 Neuroscience

Obessions

Recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that are intrusive and cause significant anxiety or distress.

Compulsions

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, aimed at reducing anxiety or preventing a dreaded event.

Three things that Doldge outlines

Detect error (mistake feeling) - Frontal cortex ( orbital)

Anxiety ( fix mistake) Cingulate Cortex

Gearshift - caudate Striatum

Error process going wrong

Seeing a problem that might not be a problem (misidentifying the problem)

Not moving on ( sticky gearshift)

Risk Factors for OCD

Genetics

Biology

Temperament

Childhood trauma

Therapy options for OCD

Cogntive Behaviroal Therapy

Brain lock unlocked method

Exposure and response prevention

Drugs- SSRIs

DBS, surgical removal

Striatum

Sensory/ Motor Function

CBT

talk therapy helps people recognize harmful or unique ways of thinking so they can more clearly view and respond to challenging situations y view and respond to challenging situations

Exposure Therapy

A psychological treatment involving gradual exposure to fear-inducing stimuli to help reduce anxiety responses. It is often used in conjunction with CBT for treating OCD. prevents them from engaging in typical complusive behaviors

Corrective Steps

relabel- there is a problem but its my OCD

refocus - manual gearshift do something else rewarding