Description

Helping professionals are not always able to recognize, diagnose, and treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients. This micro-course will provide learners with the tools to do so, giving them a basic understanding of what the multitude of OCD presentations look like, including examples of these differing presentations. Further, the origins, brain differences, and DSM-5-TR criteria of OCD are reviewed, including the four other obsessive-compulsive disorders (body dysmorphia, hoarding, trichotillomania, and excoriation). Obsessions are differentiated from compulsions, as well as OCD from obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), and OCD doubting from undiagnoseable doubting. The basics of treatment for OCD are reviewed to best support those with the illness.

What You Will Learn

Upon successful completion of this micro-course, you will be able to:

Identify the 5 DSM-5 OCD disorders.
Differentiate obsessions from compulsions.
Distinguish the differences between OCPD and OCD.
Explain why OCD is called the "doubting disease" and distinguish OCD doubting from normal doubting.

Eligibility

Must be 18 or older

Refund Policy

You will have 24 hours, or until you receive your completion certificate, to request a full refund after purchase, whichever comes first. No hidden fees. All books and materials are included with purchase.

Brittany Stahnke

Dr. Brittany Stahnke is a professor of social work at Newman University and a contributing faculty member at Walden University. She is the author of The Doubting Disease, a book on the realities of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Her research is in areas of mental health, marriage, and aging. When she is not teaching, mentoring, or conducting research, she can be found reading or writing. Dr. Stahnke enjoys what she does and believes that everyone should. It is her life’s work to guide students on their individual paths in the diverse field of helping professions.

Curriculum

Understanding OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, despite being one of the most common mental health disorders and one of the top 10 disabilities in the world, is commonly misunderstood and thus misdiagnosed-and underdiagnosed.

Accreditation

Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4546. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Walden University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Successful completion of this micro-course provides 1 NBCC clock hour; partial credit will not be offered.

ACEP contact information:

100 Washington Ave. S Suite 1210, Minneapolis MN, 55401
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.waldenu.edu

Features

The Doubting Disease

Understand one of the world’s most common and misunderstood mental disorders

Flexible Learning

Content provided in easily consumable segments so you can adapt your studies around your busy life

Awards

Micro-Course Badge for Recognizing and Understanding Obsessive Doubting: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

NBCC Certificate for Clock Hours

$45.00

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Who is this for

Counseling professionals and other helping professionals seeking to identify, treat, heal, and support those who suffer with OCD
Families and friends of individuals enduring OCD