Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

question 95

Multiple Choice

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder

• A)are the terms from DSM-II and DSM-IV for the same basic disorder.
• B)are genetically linked.
• C)are unrelated conditions.
• D)have similar symptoms but a different etiology.

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Definitions:

Assertive Community Treatment

An intensive and highly personalized approach to mental health care, aimed at people with severe and persistent mental illnesses to help them live independently in the community.

Neuroleptics

A class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis, including delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, or disordered thought, and are also called antipsychotics.

Side Effects

Unintended and often unwanted reactions that occur in addition to the desired therapeutic effect of a medication or treatment.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions, and feelings.