PO741: Understanding the OCD and PTSD Connection: Related Cognitions and Emotions

  • PMD: 6,10
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. conceptualize complex mental health symptom presentations,
  2. advocate for clients with a history of OCD or PTSD, and
  3. understand the cognitions and emotions that impact individuals with OCD.

Description

A unique relationship between OCD and PTSD exists; however, there are still unknowns. Let's discuss how thought–action fusion, magical thinking, guilt, and shame predict trauma symptomatology in individuals with OCD.

Presenter(s)

Dorothy M. Dator, Behavior Consultation and Psychological Services (BCPS)
Jeannie A. Golden, East Carolina University

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