Question

Pia has recurrent and distressing thoughts, as well as impulses to perform ritualistic behaviors. which disorder matches pia’s behavior?

a. general anxiety disorder
b. phobia
c. post-traumatic stress disorder
d. obsessive compulsive disorder

Answer 1

D. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Explanation: Ritualistic behavior is an attempt to alleviate the anxiety. If the ritual is validated it continues. To the person with OCD, failure to complete ritualistic behaviors would result in “something bad.”

Answer 2

Obsessive compulsive disorder

By definition it is an anxiety disorder in which time people have recurring, unwanted thoughts, ideas, or sensations that make them feel driven to do something repetitively