Middle childhood
Obsessions
Compulsions
Anxiety
Temporary
relief
Figure 26.2
The ‘vicious cycle of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)’. Obsessions generate anxiety,
whilst compulsive rituals are performed to reduce the anxiety, but in fact this produces only temporary
relief and reinforces the cycle. Exposure and response-prevention (ERP) acts by exposing a young
person to the feared situation whilst resisting compulsions, in a graded manner, to break this cycle.
Anxiety:
A key aspect of overcoming OCD and
engaging in psychological treatment is understand-
ing the role of anxiety in OCD. Education about
anxiety forms a starting point for any successful
cognitive–behavioural programme (Figure 26.2).
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