Comments on: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/ Training and content in counselling and life effectiveness Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jan O'Brien http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#comment-43357 Jan O'Brien Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:48:04 +0000 http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#comment-43357 Thank you for the article on OCD I have been diagnosed as suffering with OCD which is all part and parcel to do with my anxiety and depression. Even though medication helps to keep my behaviours in check I still have my daily rituals, they are just not as intense. It's a good reading and it helps to be able understand what OCD is. Jan. Thank you for the article on OCD I have been diagnosed as suffering with OCD which is all part and parcel to do with my anxiety and depression. Even though medication helps to keep my behaviours in check I still have my daily rituals, they are just not as intense. It’s a good reading and it helps to be able understand what OCD is.
Jan.

]]> By: Editor http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#comment-34519 Editor Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:08:26 +0000 http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#comment-34519 Hi Melinda, Excellent remarks - I am sure our readers will benefit from it. Thank you for commenting! Hi Melinda,

Excellent remarks – I am sure our readers will benefit from it. Thank you for commenting!

]]> By: Melinda http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#comment-34517 Melinda Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:51:24 +0000 http://www.counsellingconnection.com/index.php/2009/11/24/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/#comment-34517 I work in a psych ward and am privileged to have access to information that I wouldn't normally have access to through my counselling dip. In my normal workday I meet people with a disorder that's similar to OCD on the surface but differs from it significantly in one area. OCPD - Obsessive-Compulsive Personality disorder occurs in people who display similar obsessions and compulsions to those with OCD, except that their obsessions and compulsions cause no anxiety for them. It's as though they have no insight into the fact that their behaviour is unusual in any way as it causes them, in their perception, no problems. However, it can cause extreme difficulties for those who interact with them, particularly those who love them, like their spouses and families. In my observation, this lack of insight makes OCPD even more difficult to treat than the more familiar OCD. If there's no perceived problem, then the motivation to change is going to be largely missing. Even when marriages break down and families fall apart, there is the tendency to blame external circumstances and other people. I just thought it was worth mentioning because the difference may seem subtle but has implications for treatment. I think that referral to a clinical psychologist is probably a good course of action for those displaying the symptoms of OCPD. I work in a psych ward and am privileged to have access to information that I wouldn’t normally have access to through my counselling dip. In my normal workday I meet people with a disorder that’s similar to OCD on the surface but differs from it significantly in one area. OCPD – Obsessive-Compulsive Personality disorder occurs in people who display similar obsessions and compulsions to those with OCD, except that their obsessions and compulsions cause no anxiety for them. It’s as though they have no insight into the fact that their behaviour is unusual in any way as it causes them, in their perception, no problems. However, it can cause extreme difficulties for those who interact with them, particularly those who love them, like their spouses and families. In my observation, this lack of insight makes OCPD even more difficult to treat than the more familiar OCD. If there’s no perceived problem, then the motivation to change is going to be largely missing. Even when marriages break down and families fall apart, there is the tendency to blame external circumstances and other people. I just thought it was worth mentioning because the difference may seem subtle but has implications for treatment. I think that referral to a clinical psychologist is probably a good course of action for those displaying the symptoms of OCPD.

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