Understanding Mental Disorders Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

in psyhcology •  7 years ago 


A high time to make your brain is required to think until often a mild mental disorder such as stress, if this you let the protracted will endanger your psychic health. Mild mental disorders that are not quickly treated will cause mental disorders with high levels that are difficult to cure. such severe mental disorders include Bipolar Disorder and Obsessive Compulsion Disorder (OCD).

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), a type of anxiety disorder, is a potentially disruptive disease and traps people in repetitive mental and behavioral cycles. People with OCD are distracted by stress, fear or repetitive shadows (obsessions) that they can not control. The anxiety / anxiety generated by these thoughts leads them to the urgent need to perform a particular ritual or routine (compulsion). This compulsive ritual is done in an attempt to prevent the obsessive mind or make the mind disappear.

Although this ritual may temporarily relieve anxiety, the person must perform the ritual again when the obsessive mind comes back. OCD cycle can take a lot of time and significantly interfere with normal activity. OCD sufferers may realize that the mind is an unreasonable or unrealistic obsession and urge, but they can not stop it.

****What are the Symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?****

The symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder may vary. The symptoms of obsession that are commonly found are:

****Fear of dirty or contaminated by germs.****

  • Afraid to harm others.
  • Fear of making mistakes.
  • Fear of shame or social behavior that is unacceptable to society.
  • Fear of evil or sinful thinking.
  • Need neatness, balance or accuracy.
  • Excessive doubt and need to always be trusted.
  • While the symptoms of compulsion include:

****Repeatedly bathing, flushing or hand washing.****

  • Refused to shake hands or touch the door handle.
  • Repeatedly checking the same things, like a lock or a stove.
  • Keep counting, either in your mind or spoken aloud while doing routine tasks.
  • Regulate goods in a certain way constantly.
  • Consume food in a certain order.
  • Trapped in words, images or thoughts, which are usually annoying, so as to interfere with sleep time.
  • Repeating certain words, sentences or prayers.
  • Doing the same task over and over again.
  • Collecting or stocking goods with no clear / meaningful value.

****What Causes Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?****

The exact cause of OCD is not yet fully understood, but research has shown that a combination of biological and environmental factors is involved.

****Biological factors:**** The brain is a very complex structure. The brain contains billions of nerve cells called neurons and must communicate and work together so that the body can function normally. Neurons communicate through electrical signals. Special mediators, called neurotransmitters, help move electrical messages from neurons to neurons. Research has found an association between low levels of neurotransmitters, called serotonin, with the occurrence of OCD. In addition, there is evidence that serotonin imbalance can be passed on from parents to children. This means OCD can be inherited.

Certain regions of the brain may also be affected by serotonin imbalances, leading to the onset of OCD. This problem seems to involve brain pathways connecting brain regions that serve as judgment and planning, with areas of the brain receiving messages for body movement.

Studies have also found an association between infection with Streptococcus bacteria with OCD. This infection, if repeated and untreated, can cause OCD and other disorders in children.

Environmental Factors: There are environmental factors that can trigger OCD in people with OCD tendencies. Environmental factors may also aggravate symptoms and include:

  • Torture
  • Changes in living conditions
  • Disease
  • The death of a loved one
  • Problems or changes related to work and school
  • Problems in romance.

****How Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Diagnosed?****

There are no laboratory tests to diagnose OCD. Doctors base diagnoses on the assessment of patient symptoms including how much time a person spends to perform his ritual behavior.

****How Is OCD Treated?****

OCD can not heal, so it is very important to get treatment. The most effective approach to treating OCD is the combination of drugs with cognitive behavioral therapy.

****Cognitive Behavior Therapy****. The goal of cognitive behavioral therapy is to guide OCD patients in the face of their fears and reduce anxiety without performing ritual behaviors (called exposure therapy and response prevention therapy). This therapy also focuses on reducing excessive thoughts or thoughts that often occur in people with OCD.

****Drug Therapy****. Antidepressants, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), antidepressants such as Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft. Older types of drugs, eg tricyclic antidepressants such as Anafranil, may also be used. In severe cases of OCD and in people who do not respond to drug therapy and behavior, it can be used electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or psychosurgery to treat the disorder. During ECT, the electrodes are attached to the patient's head and a series of electric shocks are sent to the brain, which will cause seizures. These seizures cause the release of neurotransmitters or serotonin compounds in the brain.

****Music-based Therapy Brain Waves****. OCD Brain Wave Therapy will assist you in eliminating any OCD disorders you've experienced. This therapy contains brain wave stimulation by using a frequency that has been adjusted and is very appropriate for use by all people who have OCD disorder ini.Untuk OCD Therapy Brain Therapy is very easy, because you simply listen through the headphones or speakers and with a sitting position relax or lie down. Feel the stimulus of this music therapy, by the way your eyes are closed. Use it daily for 30 minutes on a regular basis, it will be more effective if you use it when you are completely relaxed and relaxed and nobody intrudes. Usually, to get the situation like that when you go to bed. It does not matter if you fall asleep while using this therapy, because your brain will still receive stimulus from this therapy.

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