Psychology & Psychiatry
Online treatment for OCD sufferers
Western Australian researchers have developed the first online treatment program for young people with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Dec 2, 2013
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Genetics
Genetic analysis reveals insights into the genetic architecture of OCD, Tourette syndrome
An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Chicago has answered several questions about the genetic background of obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
Oct 24, 2013
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Neuroscience
Power of precision medicine shown in successful treatment of patient with disabling OCD
A multidisciplinary team led by a geneticist and psychiatrist from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's (CSHL) Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics today publish a paper providing a glimpse of both the tremendous power and ...
Oct 3, 2013
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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 ...
Sep 4, 2013
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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 ...
Jun 4, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mistaking OCD for ADHD has serious consequences
(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 ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study examines decision-making brain activity in patients with hoarding disorder
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 ...
Aug 6, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mothers and OCD children trapped in rituals have impaired relationships
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 ...
Apr 10, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Possible causes of sudden onset obsessive compulsive disorder in kids broadened
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 ...
Mar 23, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
When the ladybug has to count her spots
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 ...
Dec 1, 2011
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