Obsessions and compulsions affect everyone at some point in their lives. We usually check the stove or the locks twice. People also casually use the phrases "obsessing" and "obsessed" in everyday conversations. However, OCD is more severe. It can consume hours of a person's time. It interferes with ...
Date Posted: March 2, 2023
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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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.
The study, performed at the ...
Aug 31
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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It's a paradoxical truth of human existence that we are motivated by self-interest yet regularly act in ways that undermine it. This curious tendency often manifests in the form of futile persistence. We keep going to the well long after it has ...
Aug 27
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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A group of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have further refined the use of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. By accurately localizing electrode placement in the brains of patients, ...
Jul 16
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Some people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are fearful of touching something they perceived as "contaminated". The conventional treatment can be costly and help only about 60 per cent of people with OCD. However, this study aims to find ...
Jan 15
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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A new study has found that adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have widespread learning and memory problems.
Jun 26
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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A recent study has shown that that people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) feel more distress when viewing images that induce OCD-related emotions than their unaffected siblings.
May 12
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the most common disorders in the world today. New research has shown that there are two major factors that are linked to obsessive compulsive disorder.
Apr 3
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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A team of scientists has found similarities in brain impairments in children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. The study involved brain imaging of white matter in 200 children.
Jul 28
Categories: Adult ADHD, Autism spectrum disorders, Obsessions & Compulsions ...
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OCD, which affects 3.3 million people in the United States, is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by intrusive, obsessivethoughts and repeated compulsive behaviors that collectively interfere with a person’s ability to function in daily ...
Jul 19
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Most of us have unwanted thoughts and images that pop into our heads and it's not a big deal. But for people with a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) these mental intrusions are frequently distressing and difficult to ignore. A new ...
Jul 7
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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When does ‘eating clean’ become an eating disorder? Orthorexia Nervosa (literally, “correct appetite disorder”) though absent from all psychiatric manuals, is an illness that has been making the rounds online.
Nov 6
Categories: Eating Disorders, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Obsessions & ...
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My life didn't change that day. It didn't happen like it does in the movies, where time slows down, voices fade to nothing and everything falls silent as what you're being told slowly sinks in. As a matter of fact, it kind of went in the opposite ...
Oct 19
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Doctors may be able to predict how people with obsessive-compulsive disorder will respond to therapy using a simple brain scan, according to the findings of a new study
Jun 30
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Some OCD sufferers may choose to continue doing their compulsions. They may believe they are unable to do difficult things. Others may continue to endure in silence and may be unaware that there are answers to their misery. There are some who begin ...
Jun 10
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Is collecting things harmless or could it take a turn for worse?
Whether it’s old coins, stamps, trading cards, or Beanie Babies, many of us have items that we find particularly enticing, and that we’re strangely compelled to collect. Have you ...
Feb 14
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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