A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, ...

Beyond simple quirks and preferences, OCD creates a debilitating cycle of unwanted thoughts and ritualistic behaviors that can hijack everyday life. This mental health condition affects approximately ...

OCD is not merely a quirk or a preference for orderliness; it is a clinical disorder rooted in the brain's circuitry, particularly involving areas responsible for habit formation and fear response ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

A high-frequency brain signal in the frontal cortex is linked to OCD compulsions. Targeted deep brain stimulation rapidly reduced symptoms in severe cases.

A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria ...

Day four of the Matthew Schleier trial continued Friday with testimony from a neuropsychology expert who walked through Schleier’s mental health history and how ...

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, ...

Over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that the people who tame OCD most effectively are those who make three strategic shifts in their attitude toward not only exposure and response prevention ...