For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental health condition that involves obsessions, compulsions, or both. Treatment typically includes psychotherapy and medication. In the United States ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have identified substantial similarities in brain gene activity among people with eating ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It causes a person to have intrusive, distressing thoughts, which they manage using compulsive behaviors. For example, a person, who fixates ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported a large effect of glutamatergic medications on improving symptoms of obsessive-compulsive and related ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The eight-question Child Behavior Checklist-Obsessive Compulsive subscale was the most effective screening tool.

If you ask someone to describe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), most would mention hand-washing, lock-checking, or arranging things perfectly. What rarely comes to mind is the version that exists ...

When most people think of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), they picture someone excessively tidy, washing their hands repeatedly, or double-checking locks. But this stereotype barely scratches the ...