Psychology & Psychiatry

The surprising truth about obsessive-compulsive thinking

People who check whether their hands are clean or imagine their house might be on fire are not alone. New research from Concordia University and 15 other universities worldwide shows that 94 per cent of people experience ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Online treatment for OCD sufferers

Western Australian researchers have developed the first online treatment program for young people with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Psychology & Psychiatry

The difference between obsession and delusion

Because animals can't talk, researchers need to study their behavior patterns to make sense of their activities. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are using these zoological methods to study people with serious mental ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Dogs, humans affected by OCD have similar brain abnormalities

Another piece of the puzzle to better understand and treat obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has fallen into place with the publication of new research that shows that the structural brain abnormalities of Doberman pinschers ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Real-time brain feedback can help people overcome anxiety

(Medical Xpress)—People provided with a real-time readout of activity in specific regions of their brains can learn to control that activity and lessen their anxiety, according to new findings published online in the journal ...

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