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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Trivia Quiz

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an often debilitating disorder that affects many, many Americans. Here is a brief quiz about some of its components. Try it and who knows, maybe you'll learn something along the way!

A multiple-choice quiz by reishi9154. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
reishi9154

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
29,896

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The landmark OCD book 'The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing,' a collection of stories, examples and information about obsessive-compulsive disorder, was written by whom? Hint

Judith Rapoport

Bruce M. Hyman

Anita Linston

Jeffrey M. Schwartz

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Question 2 of 10

2. Along with cognitive behavioural therapy, what is the treatment of choice for OCD sufferers? Hint

SSRIs

Anti-Delirium Drugs

Imbuclators

Steroids

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does the term SSRIs stand for? Hint

None of these

Semi Successful Resistance Initiator

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

Specific Silymarin Reabsorption Indicator

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the below would NOT be considered a symptom of OCD? Hint

Major depression

Checking

Scrupulosity

Repeating

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Question 5 of 10

5. A person afflicted with OCD can spend as many as ten hours a day or more washing themselves for fear of contamination.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is trichotillomania? Hint

Excessive swearing

Hair pulling

Excessive need to check

Grinding one's teeth

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Question 7 of 10

7. People who are afflicted with OCD perform these rituals and compulsions because they enjoy them.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. What are frightening, terrifying and repetitive thoughts that an OCD sufferer can not get out of his or her head called? Hint

Scrupulosity

Compulsions

Obsessions

Trichotillomania

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Question 9 of 10

9. Besides medication, what is the preferred treatment of OCD called? Hint

Cognitive behavior therapy

Electric shock therapy

Talk therapy

Anxiety reducing therapy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following disorders do NOT often accompany OCD? Hint

Depression

Tourette's Syndrome

Borderline Personality Disorder

Attention Deficit Disorder

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The landmark OCD book 'The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing,' a collection of stories, examples and information about obsessive-compulsive disorder, was written by whom?

Answer: Judith Rapoport

This is the book that brought OCD awareness into the public. A landmark when it was first published in the 1980s, some of its information treatment-wise is now a bit outdated but the book is a classic in the field of OCD literature nevertheless.

2. Along with cognitive behavioural therapy, what is the treatment of choice for OCD sufferers?

Answer: SSRIs

SSRIs include such drugs as Prozac, Zoloft, and others that are known to significantly help OCD sufferers.

3. What does the term SSRIs stand for?

Answer: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

A common phrase in the world of OCD and other anxiety disorders.

4. Which of the below would NOT be considered a symptom of OCD?

Answer: Major depression

Common symptoms of OCD include checking, counting, repeating, a need to have something 'just right,' fear of contamination, and other rituals.

5. A person afflicted with OCD can spend as many as ten hours a day or more washing themselves for fear of contamination.

Answer: True

Unfortunately true. The effects of this ugly disorder can make a person so terrified of, for example, contamination, that they wash endlessly, worrying that they might have 'missed a spot' here or there or that some germ has made its way over to them in the last few seconds so they need to wash again. A deadly cycle indeed.

6. What is trichotillomania?

Answer: Hair pulling

Trichotillomania is the compulsive pulling of one's hair. People pull for different reasons and at different times and no matter how they try, they cannot stop themselves from doing it.

7. People who are afflicted with OCD perform these rituals and compulsions because they enjoy them.

Answer: False

OCD sufferers do NOT enjoy performing their rituals and compulsions but cannot stop doing so. They are subject to intense and unbearable anxiety unless they do so and the compulsions are a way of getting rid of the anxiety.

8. What are frightening, terrifying and repetitive thoughts that an OCD sufferer can not get out of his or her head called?

Answer: Obsessions

Compulsions and obsessions are the two keywords of OCD. A person has an obsession, say with fear of the house burning down, so she will check the stove over and over again to make sure that it is off. A person with an obsession with contamination may have the compulsion of washing their hands hundreds of times a day. Obsessions cause compulsions, and carrying out these compulsions temporarily relieves the anxiety brought on by the obessions.

Unfortunately, the relief is short lived and soon the sufferer feels the need to perform the compulsion again, and again, in a never ending cycle.

9. Besides medication, what is the preferred treatment of OCD called?

Answer: Cognitive behavior therapy

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a useful kind of therapy where OCD sufferers are trained to replace the bad, anxious thoughts that arise when they, for example, touch a coin percieved to be dirty, with more positive thoughts such as 'I'm safe. It can't hurt me. I'm going to be okay,' until over time the anxious thoughts are replaced with the more productive positive thoughts and reactions.

10. Which of the following disorders do NOT often accompany OCD?

Answer: Borderline Personality Disorder

Tourette's Syndrome, characterized by different tics (involuntary movements of the body, which are both physical and oral) often accompanies OCD. In this disorder, one might see rapid and involuntary jerks of the head or other seemingly strange movements which are uncontrollable to the person making them.

The person also may emit certain involuntary sounds or grunts, which are vocal tics. Attention Deficit Disorder and depression also frequently will accompany OCD, although certainly not always.

Source: Author reishi9154

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