Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorder

Anxiety Disorders include separation anxiety, selective mutism, phobias, panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety. The most common one is generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), which is when an individual has worried thoughts in everyday situations that involve physical symptoms to appear. These symptoms include but are not limited to nausea, sweating, irritability, and Gastrointestinal distress (Morin, 2023).

Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders include obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Hoarding Disorder, Trichotillomania Disorder, and Excoriation Disorder. An obsession is a recurrent and persistent thought or urge that is intrusive and unwanted. A compulsion is the repetitive act or behavior of acting on said obsessions (Morin, 2023).

References

Morin, A. M. F. (2023). Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders [PowerPoint slides]. Kodiak. OTD 517 Week 5 Recorded Lecture - FL 2023 Occupational Performance: Mental Health (wne.edu)
Brown, C., Stoffel, V. C., & Munoz, J. (2019). Occupational therapy in mental health: A vision for participation (2nd ed.) F.A. Davis.

Training Your Attention

Audience: adolescent, adult, geriatric

Diagnosis: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related disorder

Population/age-range: 13 and up

Instructions:

Read the four steps thoroughly and think internally about what each step really means.
Focus on that thought then bring your attention to breathing.

Rationale:

Provide this audience a way to ground themselves in the moment when anxiety, obsessions, or compulsions arise.

Reference

Jha, A. (2019, August 5). A mindfulness of breathing exercise with Amishi Jha - Mindful: Mindfulness training, mindfulness, how to train your. Pinterest. A Mindfulness of Breathing Exercise with Neuroscientist Amishi Jha - Mindful | Mindfulness training, Mindfulness, How to train your (pinterest.com)

5 Finger Breathing Technique

Audience: pediatric

Diagnosis: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related disorder

Population/age-range: 3-12

Instructions:

Read the three steps out loud to the child whilst showing them an example of what it should look like
Slowly walk them through it while explaining the breathing pattern: in through the nose, out through the mouth.

Rationale:

Provide children with a means of deep breathing exercises to calm them down and reduce their symptoms.

Reference

Coping tools: 5-finger breathing. Teachers pay teachers. Coping Tools: 5-Finger Breathing by Crafty Counseling | TPT (teacherspayteachers.com)

Anxiety Disorder _ Fact Sheets _ Yale Medicine.pdf

Anxiety Factsheet

Audience: Adolescents, Adults, Geriatric

Diagnosis: Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related disorder

Population/age-range: 13 and up

Rationale:

Provide information to parents and caregivers of children and adolescents with these diagnoses.
Provide people newly diagnosed with some basic information.
Provide people wanting to learn more about it with proper facts.

Reference

(2022, June 28). Anxiety Disorder. Yale Medicine. Anxiety Disorder > Fact Sheets > Yale Medicine

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