Anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are disabling psychiatric conditions, and major contributors to the global burden of nonfatal illness. The lifetime prevalence of anxiety disorders in adults under ...
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Many children and young people with obsessive thoughts and compulsions experience that their OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms worsen during a crisis such as COVID-19. This is shown by a new research result from Aarhus ...
Nov 9, 2020
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UCLA scientists and colleagues studying the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) discovered an abnormality in the brains of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that may help to predict who is most likely ...
Oct 14, 2020
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New research could improve the odds that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them—something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment.
Aug 28, 2020
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Guideline-recommended therapies are moderately successful in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anorexia nervosa (AN), leaving room for improvement. Cognitive inflexibility, a common trait in both disorders, ...
Aug 21, 2020
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One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing. Years ago, a patient with severe OCD came to my office wearing gloves and a mask and refused to sit on any of the "contaminated" ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Yale scientists may have found a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, they report.
Jun 16, 2020
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People with higher obsessive-compulsive symptoms may place less trust in their past experience, leading to increased uncertainty, indecisiveness, and exploratory behaviors, according to new research presented in PLOS Computational ...
Feb 27, 2020
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A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that the long-term stability of treatment gains for children and adolescents diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
Feb 27, 2020
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The famous, but bizarre, 'rubber hand illusion' could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder overcome their condition without the often unbearable stress of exposure therapy, suggests new research.
Jan 9, 2020
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