Monday, December 21, 2009
Last Mentor Meeting
Today was the final meeting I was going to have with Donna. We met around 2:15ish till 3. We got alot of things accomplish today! The first thing she told me was how proud she was of me to finally be finished with the blog! We looked over my blog and made sure everything was finished! After that we had a talk about what I wanted to do after graduation. I told her I wanted to go to school to be a nurse, hopefully in California. She thought that it would be a wonderful experience and also reminded me that I could do anything as long as I put my mind to it! Last, I talked to her about her job and asked her a few personal questions. Before I left we promised each other that we would stay in touch in the future and I would keep her updated throughout the year. I thanked her for everything that she had done for me and made sure we left our final meeting on a good note!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sources
www.nimh.nih.gov
www.helpguide.org/mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder
http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/?gf40htm+f42
http://www.icd9data.com/getICD9Code.ashx?icd9=300.3
http://www.diseasedatabase.com/ddb33766.htm)
http>www.nlh.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2009/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D009771
http://cureresearch.com/o/obsessive_compulsive_disorder/stats-country.htm
http://www.ncpamd.com/obsessive.htm
http://ocdtodayuk.org/famous_people.html
http://www.healthyminds.org/Main-Topic/Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder.aspx
www.helpguide.org/mental/obsessive_compulsive_disorder_ocd.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiiki/Obsessive%E2%80%93compulsive_disorder
http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/?gf40htm+f42
http://www.icd9data.com/getICD9Code.ashx?icd9=300.3
http://www.diseasedatabase.com/ddb33766.htm)
http>www.nlh.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2009/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D009771
http://cureresearch.com/o/obsessive_compulsive_disorder/stats-country.htm
http://www.ncpamd.com/obsessive.htm
http://ocdtodayuk.org/famous_people.html
http://www.healthyminds.org/Main-Topic/Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder.aspx
Famous People with OCD
Cameron Diaz
She confesses to be suffering from OCD, she admits of habitually rubbing knobs so hard before she opens any door to be sure that she cleans them such that the original paint of the knobs fade afterwards. She says that she has got the habit of washing hands many times a day and trying to open the door with elbows whenever possible.
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
She admits that she has an OCD of closet doors. She believes that she have inherited this OCD from her mother. Jennifer can’t go to sleep if any of the cabinet or closet doors are open in her house while her mother counts the steps.Donald Trump
He has a fear of shaking hands due to germ phobia. Donald Trump admits having a borderline OCD and being terrified by thought of germs. He even refuses to touch ground floor lift button and also avoids handshakes with people, especially the teachers.
Leonardo DiCaprio
He has admitted he suffers from mild OCD and suffered this as a child. His thing was not stepping on cracks, or not stepping on certain things.
David Beckham
In an April 2006 television interview, David Beckham openly discussed his struggle with OCD, for the first time. He has spoken out after keeping the condition a secret for years.
Beckham explains,
''I've got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line or everything has to be in pairs.
''I'll go into a hotel room. Before I can relax I have to move all the leaflets and books and put them in a drawer. Everything has to be perfect."
''I'll put Pepsi cans in the fridge and if there's one too many, then I'll put it in another cupboard somewhere.'' I would like to (stop). I've tried and Can't stop.''
Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy-
One effective treatment is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy known as exposure and response prevention. During treatment sessions, patients are exposed to the situations that create anxiety and provoke compulsive behavior or mental rituals. Through exposure, patients learn to decrease and then stop the rituals that plague their lives. They find that the anxiety arising from their obsessions lessens without engaging in ritualistic behavior. This technique works well for patients whose compulsions focus on situations that can be re-created easily. For patients who engage in compulsive rituals because they fear catastrophic events that can’t be re-created, therapy relies on imagining exposure to the anxiety-producing situations. Throughout therapy the patient follows exposure and response prevention guidelines on which the therapist and patient agree. Cognitive-behavior therapy can help many OCD patients substantially reduce their OCD symptoms. However, treatment only works if patients adhere to the procedures. Some patients will not agree to participate in cognitive-behavioral therapy because of the anxiety it involves, and others have depression that must be treated simultaneously.
Medication-
A class of medications known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) is effective in the treatment of OCD. Each SRI can be expected to help about half of those who try it, and patients who do not respond to one sometimes respond to another. Marked benefit usually takes six to twelve weeks to occur. SRIs that are proven effective in OCD include clomipramine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, and sertraline. Other psychotropic medications that may be effective are citalopram, escitalopram, and venlafaxine. These medications, though very helpful, often leave residual symptoms and these residual symptoms are treated by augmenting SRIs with other medications or with cognitive-behavioral therapy.
One effective treatment is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy known as exposure and response prevention. During treatment sessions, patients are exposed to the situations that create anxiety and provoke compulsive behavior or mental rituals. Through exposure, patients learn to decrease and then stop the rituals that plague their lives. They find that the anxiety arising from their obsessions lessens without engaging in ritualistic behavior. This technique works well for patients whose compulsions focus on situations that can be re-created easily. For patients who engage in compulsive rituals because they fear catastrophic events that can’t be re-created, therapy relies on imagining exposure to the anxiety-producing situations. Throughout therapy the patient follows exposure and response prevention guidelines on which the therapist and patient agree. Cognitive-behavior therapy can help many OCD patients substantially reduce their OCD symptoms. However, treatment only works if patients adhere to the procedures. Some patients will not agree to participate in cognitive-behavioral therapy because of the anxiety it involves, and others have depression that must be treated simultaneously.
Medication-
A class of medications known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) is effective in the treatment of OCD. Each SRI can be expected to help about half of those who try it, and patients who do not respond to one sometimes respond to another. Marked benefit usually takes six to twelve weeks to occur. SRIs that are proven effective in OCD include clomipramine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, and sertraline. Other psychotropic medications that may be effective are citalopram, escitalopram, and venlafaxine. These medications, though very helpful, often leave residual symptoms and these residual symptoms are treated by augmenting SRIs with other medications or with cognitive-behavioral therapy.
QUOTES!!
“I couldn’t do anything without rituals. They invaded every aspect of my life. Counting really bogged me down. I would wash my hair three times as opposed to once because three was a good luck number and one wasn’t. It took me longer to read because I’d count the lines in a paragraph. When I set my alarm at night, I had to set it to a number that wouldn’t add up to a ’bad’ number.”
“I knew the rituals didn’t make sense, and I was deeply ashamed of them, but I couldn’t seem to overcome them until I had therapy.”
Getting dressed in the morning was tough, because I had a routine, and if I didn’t follow the routine, I’d get anxious and would have to get dressed again. I always worried that if I didn’t do something, my parents were going to die. I’d have these terrible thoughts of harming my parents. That was completely irrational, but the thoughts triggered more anxiety and more senseless behavior. Because of the time I spent on rituals, I was unable to do a lot of things that were important to me.”
“I knew the rituals didn’t make sense, and I was deeply ashamed of them, but I couldn’t seem to overcome them until I had therapy.”
Getting dressed in the morning was tough, because I had a routine, and if I didn’t follow the routine, I’d get anxious and would have to get dressed again. I always worried that if I didn’t do something, my parents were going to die. I’d have these terrible thoughts of harming my parents. That was completely irrational, but the thoughts triggered more anxiety and more senseless behavior. Because of the time I spent on rituals, I was unable to do a lot of things that were important to me.”
Friday, December 18, 2009
Second Mentor Meeting:)
December 17, 2009
Today I went to The Education Center to meet with Donna Smith. During this meeting I told her how I decided to changed my porduct to a Blog. Right then we started to Log on and get started! It wasn't had hard as we thought it would be to start the blog, but it WAS the most difficult part of the product. Donna also provided me with some more helpful links she thought I should look into.
Today I went to The Education Center to meet with Donna Smith. During this meeting I told her how I decided to changed my porduct to a Blog. Right then we started to Log on and get started! It wasn't had hard as we thought it would be to start the blog, but it WAS the most difficult part of the product. Donna also provided me with some more helpful links she thought I should look into.
First Mentor Meeting:)
On December 8, 2009 was my very first meeting with Donna Smith. I didn't think I would be able to come meet her so she told me she would meet me at school, which was very nice of her. We met in the library for about 2 hours. We didn't know eachother at all so the first I did was told her a few things about myself and she did the same. During this meeting she was interested in why I chose OCD as my topic. I told her that I thought I may have a mild case of OCD, and I wanted to learn more about it. I told her how I have little titpicks about certain things. For example, before I go to sleep I have to have my closet doors shut, all my dresser drawers closed properly, and everything off my floor. We also talked about is what we should do for my product. Our first idea was to make a video interviewing kids about their them having OCD. I thought that it was be fun and interesting.
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