Psychological Explanations and

Treatments for OCDBATs

Outline (D/E) and evaluate (C+)the Psychological Approach to OCDOutline Psychological therapies for OCD (D)Evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of Psychological therapies for OCD(B+)

Psychological Explanations for OCD

Psychodynamic

Behavioural

Cognitive

Typically emphasise the way a sufferer has learned to avoid certain situations and learned to carry out compulsions that perpetuate the

condition

Psychological Therapies

Psychoanalysis

Behavioural Therapy - ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)

Cognitive Therapy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdALwuYtG8&feature=related amygdala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYXaZRNeNZc

Over to you ...

Choose either Psychodynamic, Behavioural or Cognitive explanations and the corresponding treatment.

Create an information leaflet for an OCD sufferer outlining the explanation for the anxiety disorder and describing and evaluating the treatment (appropriateness and effectiveness)

we will photocopy

your leaflet to be shared with

the others

Essay

Use p209 ‘Can you?’ or p213 ‘Can you?’ to help you construct the essay in question 4

Perhaps you could collaborate on this and create a really great essay together!!

Try the other one at home!!

Plenary

Make sure you can ...

Describe the different Psychological explanations for OCD

Evaluate them - commentary, synoptic points

Outline Psychological Therapies

Evaluate their appropriateness and effectiveness

How confident are you on each of these points?

Be Creative

Create a group poster to illustrate all the aspects of OCD you have studied - we could add the leaflets you made last week.