AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The nurse is providing education to a group of persons from several community agencies about hoarding by elder persons. Which of the following is important for the nurse to emphasize?
A
Treatment will likely start to be effective in the short term.
B
If the person had help to clean up his or her environment, the hoarding would be cured.
C
It is not beneficial to tell the client that his or her thoughts and rituals interfere with his or her life or that his or her ritual actions really have no lasting effect on anxiety.
D
One agency should be able to address all of the client’s needs.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to the core features of difficulty discarding and clutter, many people with hoarding disorder also have associated problems such as indecisiveness, perfectionism, procrastination, disorganization and distractibility.

Detailed explanation-2: -Establishing a collaborative mutual partnership in which the therapist and patient work together to set goals and complete treatment tasks is particularly important in the crafting of a successful OCD treatment.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the cognitive model of OCD, everyone experiences intrusive thoughts from time-to-time. However, people with OCD often have an inflated sense of responsibility and misinterpret these thoughts as being very important and significant which could lead to catastrophic consequences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a type of psychotherapy, is effective for many people with OCD .

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