Annotated Bibliography • David A. Clark, Brendan D. Guyitt. Pure Obsessions: Conceptual Misnomer or Clinical Anomaly? .Science Direct, 03/2018. David Clark and Brendan Guyitt from the University of New Brunswick gives their analysis on obsessive compulsive disorder. This article discusses the relations and theories of OCD, Anxiety and Depression. Taking a scientific approach, the article compares different theories and defines similarities of diagnostic categories. What I enjoyed reading the most was when neutralization was compared to compulsions because it explains the response aimed at preventing or anticipating consequences of an obsession. Based on my analysis I conclude that in this section of the article (pg.56) a possible hypothesis …show more content…
Patients with a healthy weight and patients who were overweight filled out three questionnaires, the eating disorder scale, the obsessive-compulsive scale, and the emotional and behavioral actions to intrusions questionnaire. These questionnaires were given to detect distress, and control. In a result, the overweight participants displayed emotional and behavioral reactance and compulsive eating when compared to those of a health weight. I liked that this studied identified the control issue that is involved with compulsiveness. Cravings are like intrusions also identified as impulses that are difficult to control, and it interferes with activity. When reading the article, I was able to confirm that when a desire cannot be met, it may lead to compulsive eating. In addition, discovering that most of the population who deal with eating disorders were women in comparison to men was clarifying. This article was more predictable and related obsessive compulsiveness to an incident a bit more …show more content…
I understood the material further and it discusses the perception and accuracy of patients and their thought process. Even more interesting the article describes the approach taken in their studies to be successful even when there were no overt rituals in which patients use to cope with obsessiveness. When discovering other psychological diagnosis in patients with OCD, symptoms had worsened and made treatment difficult. Based on the frequency of the symptoms it had been determined that obsessive thought can become delusions and sensible thought can be believed to be invalid. Like most studies, in this study questionnaires were used. The objective for treatment was to help patients change their understanding of obsession, prevent neutralization and in a result, this may change their interpretation to the obsessive thoughts. Frequency, duration, and distress will then decrease. The goal is to prepare clients to exposure of the thoughts that generate the obsessiveness, to correct the overestimation when necessary, to implement response prevention while clients identify their thought, to correct feared consequences or premonitions and to prepare to use strategies when situations occur. The study took about 5-6 months. I like that neutralization was elaborated on and understood to be a method used for temporary comfort rather then an ultimate solution. The article discusses multiple treatments based on the individual status. “Other issues