http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Deep brain stimulation has helped people with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, and new research begins to explain why. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-deep-brain-eases-ocd.html Neuroscience Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:45:35 EST news280946727 (Medical Xpress)—On the surface, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appear very similar, with impaired attention, memory, or behavioral control. But Prof. Reuven Dar of Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences argues that these two neuropsychological disorders have very different roots—and there are enormous consequences if they are mistaken for each other. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ocd-adhd-consequences.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:19:58 EST news275059175 Patients with hoarding disorder exhibited abnormal activity in regions of the brain that was stimulus dependent when deciding what to do with objects that did or did not belong to them, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-decision-making-brain-patients-hoarding-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:20:10 EST news263488734 A new study from Case Western Reserve University finds mothers tend to be more critical of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder than they are of other children in the family. And, that parental criticism is linked to poorer outcomes for the child after treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-mothers-ocd-children-rituals-impaired.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:38:39 EST news253273089 Criteria for a broadened syndrome of acute onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have been proposed by a National Institutes of Health scientist and her colleagues. The syndrome, Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), includes children and teens that suddenly develop on-again/off-again OCD symptoms or abnormal eating behaviors, along with other psychiatric symptoms — without any known cause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-sudden-onset-obsessive-compulsive-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:11:54 EST news251709107 About two percent of all children suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), which consists of obsessive thoughts and acts. Obsessive thoughts are intrusive thoughts such as fear or contamination, injury or violent notions that are perceived to be pointless or distressing. Obsessive acts are ritualized acts that have to be repeated frequently, such as washing one's hands, asking questions, counting, touching, checking or collecting. Without treatment, OCD often has serious consequences, such as children no longer being able to go to school on account of their symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ladybug.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:20:01 EST news241956541 Researchers at Macquarie University are developing an innovative approach to helping people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The team at the eCentreClinic are exploring the use of internet-based treatments to provide people with OCD with a convenient, low-cost and effective alternative to face-to-face therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-dot-clinic-people-ocd-online.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:58:28 EST news231415087