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Earlier this month, researchers at the University of Massachusetts and the Broad Institute identified four genes linked to obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), a chronic condition characterized by uncontrollable repetitive thoughts and behaviors.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, involves unwanted thoughts («obsessions») and accompanying behaviors called compulsions that patients use to reduce anxiety.

Obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), one of the anxiety disorders, is a potentially disabling condition that can persist throughout a person's life.

I do have OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and I'm not sure if I'm obsessing.

The person may feel guilt afterward and even discard the stolen objects, and might have other compulsive disorders (such as an eating disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD).

Sometimes, postpartum anxiety manifests itself in the form of Postpartum Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Many women have heard of postpartum depression, but may not be as familiar with postpartum obsessive - compulsive disorder, or postpartum OCD.

She has a particular interest in treating social anxiety disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), specific phobias, separation anxiety disorder, depression, and selective mutism.

Prognosis is a medical term used in treatment settings based on a medical model, or when a teen is being treated for a mental health disorder, such as depression or obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

Adult survivors of sexual abuse are also more at - risk to experience anxiety disorders, panic disorders, phobias, and obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

Children who have obsessive - compulsive disorder, or OCD, have frequent thoughts that they can't control called obsessions.

These are some of the things that kids with obsessive - compulsive disorder or OCD do.

Her doctoral research examines psychological factors involved in obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding disorder.

PMAD encompasses mood and anxiety disorders from pregnancy until two years after a baby is born and includes depression, anxiety, psychosis, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) is a condition that causes kids to have unwanted thoughts, feelings, and fears.

The nice supportive women on the phone talked to me, listened and told me it sounded like I had postpartum depression (ppd), postpartum anxiety, postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and postpartum post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Dr. Kurtz also has specialization in the assessment and treatment of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

As well, women with postpartum obsessive - compulsive disorder more frequently experience obsessions related to contamination of the baby than women without postpartum - onset OCD.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) occurs when a person suffers from troubling and intrusive thoughts and / or follows repetitive or strict routines to feel less worried.

The symptoms of OCD in women who have postpartum obsessive - compulsive disorder can often be distinguished from those who already had obsessive - compulsive disorder.

Many studies have suggested that the postpartum period may also present a risk for the onset or worsening of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

Like adults, children can also have other anxiety disorders, which range from separation anxiety and obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) to panic attacks.

The charity Rethink Mental Illness has called on stationery company Paperchase to stop selling a product which pokes fun at Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is often treated as a joke, when it's nothing of the kind.

University of Arizona scientists recently fed psilocybin to nine volunteers whose obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) was so disabling that many could not hold down a job or leave the house; they would observe elaborate cleaning rituals or shower for hours until they felt comfortable.

Such dysfunctional beliefs are central to obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), said researcher Thomas Fergus, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience in Baylor's College of Arts and Sciences.

Some children seem to acquire behaviors associated with obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) after being infected with the Streptococcus bacterium, but for decades skeptics have claimed the connection is nothing but a coincidence.

Adolescents with obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) have widespread learning and memory problems, according to research published today.

His parents hustled their son to the psychiatrist, leading to an alphabet soup of diagnoses: ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), OCD (obsessive - compulsive disorder), ODD (oppositional defiant disorder), bipolar disorder, autism and, ultimately, straight - up psychosis.

Among those is canine compulsive disorder (CCD), the counterpart to human obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD),» says the study's first and corresponding author Nicholas Dodman, BVMS, DACVA, DACVB, professor in clinical sciences and section head and program director of animal behavior at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Confusing reality with imagination and losing contact with reality are two key characteristics that could play a role in the development of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

Obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) is not associated with a higher intelligence quotient (IQ), a myth popularized by Sigmund Freud, according to researchers at Ben - Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Texas State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Thus, their study might serve as a basis for new approaches in the investigation of impulse control disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or obsessive - compulsive disorders (OCD).

Obsessive - compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is often confused with obsessive - compulsive disordObsessive - compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is often confused with obsessive - compulsive disordobsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

Indeed, research suggests that it not only remains largely intact but also compensates for diverse impairments in five common conditions that are rarely studied in conjunction: autism spectrum disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette's syndrome, dyslexia and developmental language disorder (which is often referred to as specific language impairment, or SLI).

A brain - scanning study has found that the part of the brain that sends out safety signals seems to be less active in people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

The findings also point to new strategies for targeting disorders characterized by abnormal repetitive behaviors, such as addiction and obsessive - compulsive disorder, or OCD.

In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), and anorexia nervosa, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.

PANS is a new name for an old idea: that infections by bacteria, viruses or parasites can cause the sudden onset of neuropsychiatric ailments such as Tourette's and obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).

A group of researchers led by Johns Hopkins scientists say they have identified a genetic marker that may be associated with the development of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), whose causes and mechanisms are among the least understood among mental illnesses.

Obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex psychological condition, and those who suffer from it experience severe reduction in their quality of life.

For Adam, an editor at Nature, and several million others with obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), thoughts can circle in the mind repeatedly and become nearly impossible to banish.

Obsessions Revisited (p. 36) Scientists are challenging the notion that obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) is primarily an anxiety disorder.

On the surface, Tourette's syndrome and obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) seem to have little in common.

Knocking out a single gene in mice can produce symptoms of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers report in tomorrow's issue of Nature.

Deep brain stimulation helps some people with obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD), but no one was quite sure why it is effective.

Brian P. Brennan, MD, MMSc, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is the medical director of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute at McLean Hospital — a world - renowned intensive residential treatment facility for patients with severe OCD and related...

(In submission) Obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe psychiatric disorder linked to abnormalities in the cortico - striatal circuit and glutamate signaling.

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 (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS), providing the first direct confirmation that both are highly heritable and also revealing major differences between the underlying genetic makeup of the disorders.