Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Latest Assessment and ...



Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies

Question from chapter 1

1) OCD impacts what percent of adults in the general population?

a) 1%

b) 2.5%

c) 3%

d) 4.5%

2) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a) people with OCD have below average to average intelligence

b) peak age of onset for males is between ages 13 and 15

c) peak age of onset for females is between ages 20 and 24

d) onset usually occurs gradually

Question from chapter 2

3) Typical symptoms experienced by those with OCD include all EXCEPT

a) overestimating the importance of thoughts

b) compulsively seeking situations that involve the content of their obsessions

c) overestimating harm

d) worrying and ruminating excessively

4) Which disorder is more common in families of those with OCD?

a) Rett's Disorder

b) ADHD

c) Tourette's syndrome

d) Turner's syndrome

5) Which is a scoring system that allows the client to rate discomfort on a 100 point scale?

a) BTUS

b) SUDS

c) BAI

d) SOAP

6) Addictive behaviors are very similar to OCD compulsions.

a) True

b) False

7) Which disorder involves a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness and control at the expense of flexibility and openness?

a) OCD

b) OCPD

c) ODD

d) tic disorder

Question from chapter 3

8) Gradual, naturally occurring reduction of anxiety or discomfort over time if exposure is maintained describes

a) extinction

b) habituation

c) flooding

d) generalization

9) Which behavioral treatment focuses on verbal repetition?

a) satiation

b) systematic desensitization

c) paradoxical intention

d) imagined flooding

10) Having the patient exposed to an actual anxiety-eliciting stimulus such as Barney the dinosaur is an example of

a) abuse

b) response prevention

c) in-vivo exposure

d) aversion relief

11) A technique where the clinician demonstrates exposure for the client describes

a) miming

b) exhibitionism

c) modeling

d) imagined exposure

12) All the following were found to correlate with treatment outcome of Exposure and Response Prevention EXCEPT

a) symptom duration

b) level of supervision

c) presentation of stimuli

d) mental rituals

13) In the RET model the "A" component stands for

a) arousal

b) antecedent

c) activating events

d) affect

14) In psychoanalytic theory, what is the process through which unacceptable feelings or impulses are controlled by behaving directly opposite of them?

a) regression

b) reaction formation

c) isolation

d) displacement

15) All of the following treatment methods are used with a psychoanalytic approach EXCEPT

a) providing insight

b) flooding

c) tolerating anxiety

d) active confrontation

16) Therapeutic factors associated with group therapy include all EXCEPT

a) response prevention

b) universality

c) altruism

d) role flexibility

17) All the following are limitations of group therapy for OCD EXCEPT

a) difficulty organizing a treatment group

b) fearing that new symptoms will be acquired

c) participants want group every day

d) noncompliance with treatment

18) When several family members participated as a group with clients in behavioral treatment, clients' OCD symptoms worsened.

a) True

b) False

Question from chapter 4

19) Approximately what percent of OCD sufferers also have a relative with OCD?

a) 30%

b) 40%

c) 50%

d) 60%

20) Research links OCD development to abnormal hyperactive function in all the following brain areas EXCEPT

a) occipital

b) basil ganglia

c) pre frontal

d) orbito-frontal

21) What term is used to describe children with OCD whose OCD symptoms worsen after streptococcal?

a) PANDAS

b) LEMURS

c) EWOKS

d) KOALAS

22) Relatively high concentrations of serotonin are present in the basal ganglia and the

a) pons

b) circle of Willis

c) Broca's area

d) hypothalamus

23) What are the first line medication treatments for OCD?

a) mood stabilizers

b) SSRI antidepressants

c) MAOI antidepressants

d) anti-anxiety agents

24) All the following statements about OCD medication treatment are true EXCEPT

a) there are relatively few effective medications

b) there is delayed onset (6 to 10 weeks) of therapeutic effects

c) there is partial improvement in symptoms (25-40%)

d) full symptom remission is common with appropriate medication

25) Electroconvulsive Therapy has proved effective for treating OCD.

a) True

b) False

Question from Appendix A

26) Which self-report OCD instrument was published by Italian researchers in 1988?

a) MOCI

b) Compulsive Activity Checklist

c) Padua Inventory

d) OCD-R

27) Which structured OCD interview has a computer-assisted, telephone administration version?

a) SCID

b) ADIS-R

c) Y-BOCS

d) MONK

28) Which psychometric assessment instrument has a psychasthenia scale?

a) Rorschach

b) MMPI-2

c) TAT

d) MCMI-III

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