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Definition and diagnosis of Obsessive-compulsive disorder

A DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD is made if the person exhibits either obsessions or compulsions. Obsessions are indicated by the following: 1 The person has recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and inappropriate and that cause marked anxiety or distress. 2 The thoughts, […]

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Definition of PTSD DSM-IV

The DSM-IV-TR criteria for a diagnosis of  Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are that the individual has experienced or witnessed an event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others, and that their immediate response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror. In the longer […]

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Clinical Definition of Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as ‘a chronic and common condition often associated with marked anxiety and depression characterised by obsessions and compulsions’. The obsession relates to thoughts that are constant and disturbing to the person and the compulsion is a driving force that reinforces the idea to act out a certain behaviour, regardless of […]

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Definition of Delusion

A delusion is traditionally defined as a false belief based on an incorrect interpretation of an external reality, which is adhered to by a person despite evidence to the contrary. But what does this mean? Well, let us consider what a ‘belief’ is. Beliefs We come to believe something through a process. First, we perceive […]

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Definition of Anxiety

Semple et al. Definition of Anxiety: a normal and adaptive response to stress and danger which is pathological if prolonged,severe, or out of keeping with the real threat of the external situation (Semple et al.2005) Anxiety is a general human feeling – its representation and how it is dealt with is exclusive to each person. […]

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What is mental disorder? definition for mental disorder

Since the publication of the D.S.M.-III in 1980, the D.S.M. has included a definition of mental disorder and what is mental disorder? each of the mental disorders is conceptualized as a clinically significant behaviouralor psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is typicallyassociated with either a painful symptom (distress) or impairment […]

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