A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, ...
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND WE’RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, WHICH IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISREPRESENTED. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THAT ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ...
A new study reveals that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during ...
Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...
You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.
Trauma exposure was associated with greater OCD severity and comorbidity in 9 of 10 studies. Traumatic life events predicted higher Y-BOCS scores, obsessions, and compulsions (β=0.19, 0.17, and 0.27, ...
Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can involve high anxiety levels, doctors no longer classify it as an anxiety disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly misunderstood ...