27.12.2014 Views

perfectionism and - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

perfectionism and - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

perfectionism and - Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

OCD Taboos - Strategic Responses to Sexual <strong>and</strong> Violent Intrusions<br />

6/14/13 <br />

OCD TABOOS: Strategic Responses to <br />

sexual <strong>and</strong> violent intrusions <br />

Sco@ Blair-­‐West MD <br />

Christopher Mogan PhD <br />

Throstur Bjorgvinsson PhD ABPP <br />

C.Alec Pollard PhD <br />

Case 1: Mother with intrusive thoughts <br />

of harming her daughter <br />

Sco8 Blair-­‐West <br />

Director, The Melbourne Clinic <br />

InpaCent OCD Program, Australia <br />

IOCDF CONGRESS ATLANTA, GA 2013 <br />

Case -­‐ Jenny <br />

Jenny <br />

SATURDAY<br />

• 43 year old woman, lives with husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> 6 year <br />

old daughter in Melbourne suburb, previously <br />

worked as teacher <br />

• Husb<strong>and</strong> -­‐ trainee surgeon, married 2005 <br />

• Moved from Brisbane to Melbourne, Jan 2012 <br />

• First seen by Clinical psychologist, June 2012 <br />

• Seen by me Sept 2012 <br />

• OCD symptoms from age 10 – sporadic intrusive thoughts <br />

that teachers were a@racted to her <br />

• Age 15 – thoughts in love with school friend’s mother, “what <br />

if I was a@racted” <br />

• 15-­‐17 – ongoing thoughts, poor academic performance <br />

• Completed school, worked for 7 years as bank teller, sudden <br />

onset of intrusive thoughts of harming person si`ng in front <br />

of her on train, age 21, during this ame <br />

• Rapid generalizaaon harm to family <strong>and</strong> others – highly <br />

anxious, nightly prayers, religious rituals, harm self to keep <br />

contact with partner, requests for reassurance <br />

3 <br />

4 <br />

-192-<br />

1

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!