Is Trichotillomania & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder interrelated? - Dr. Sulata Shenoy скачать в хорошем качестве

Is Trichotillomania & Obsessive Compulsive Disorder interrelated? - Dr. Sulata Shenoy

Trichotillomania is a dysfunction where the person has a compulsion to pluck or pull out one’s hair from the body, whether it is the head, the eyebrows, the eyelashes etc. Now you may wonder why a person would do that. It is now considered as a psychiatric or a psychoneurological dysfunction wherein the person has a strong need to pluck these hair to feel some sort of a relief or anxiety or some sort of emotion or an urge to proceed the actual hair plucking act. This is where it is in common with obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD, which is also based on the premise that it is neuropsychiatric disorder and it is a strong urge or impulse proceeds the actual ritualistic act. However there are many differences as well. Obsessive compulsive disorders refers to a series of dysfunctional thoughts or behaviors. The obsessions are at the realm of thinking and the compulsions are at the domain of action. So the thinking can cause , some sort of anxiety can cause the person to resort to some sort of repetitive or ritualistic behaviors which will offer a temporary relief but after some time after the person is back to the anxiety provoking thoughts. So it is thought as a ritualistic cycle where one can’t come out because one has these thoughts undergoes some sort of anxiety regarding the thoughts. So one does some behaviors to relieve these anxieties and thoughts. One gets some sort of temporary relief from the tormenting thoughts and anxiety. But very soon one is back from the top of the cycle where one is tormented by the thoughts and anxiety. So this is a continuous cycle and one needs treatment and therapy to overcome OCD as well as trichotillomania. So this is where the commonality is there but there are major differences in the way they manifest as well as in the treatment models, the way trichotillomania, is there more in females but in OCDS there is an equal number of men and women who are prone to OCD. Secondly onset of OCD is at a much younger age, sometimes in children but trichotillomania, is usually in adolescence and in adults. Thirdly OCD symptoms can vary. person can resort to other behaviors like checking locks or doors or being anxious about being alone or taking some steps so that misfortunes dot befall him or his family like taking steps forwards, backwards, counting rituals, all this is part of OCD. Whereas trichotillomania, refers to plucking one’s hair and usually the comorbid conditions in OCD are far more than in trichotillomania. the response to medications also varies, whereas in OCD’s there is a combination of serotonin reuptake inhibitors along with psychotherapy whereas in OCD there is a combination of serotonin reuptake inhibits along with psychotherapy, whereas in OCD there is more of tricyclic antidepressant medications given along with habit reversal programs where the person is taught to be more aware of when and how he doesn’t all these dysfunctional behaviors, secondly analyses the situations under which it occur. Thirdly take some sort of professional help and guidance. Fourthly generalize the benefits you get from the therapy so that it doesn’t become dysfunction. The good thing is that both these disorders, OCD and trichotillomania, both are curable and one needs to have a good guidance under a psychiatrist or a psychotherapist.