Distinguish among the four groupings or clusters found when the thoughts of those with obsessive-compulsive disorder are examined. Identify the disorder(s) MOST often comorbid with each OCD grouping.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: First grouping: thoughts and images with aggressive, sexual, and religious content; related checking compulsions. These thoughts are experienced as forbidden or sinful. Often comorbid with anxiety or depressive disorders.
Second grouping: concerned with symmetry and ordering. Comorbid with tic disorders, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, and agoraphobia.
Third grouping: focused on contamination and cleaning. May be comorbid with eating disorders.
Fourth grouping: relates to hoarding; comorbid with personality disorders.
Learning Objective: 8.5 Describe the characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder, its causes, and treatment.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Characteristics, Prevalence, and Significant Aspects of OCD
Difficulty Level: Medium
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