Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder News

Jen Lowery/Startraks In his new book Here's The Deal: Don't Touch Me , television personality Howie Mandel opens up about his ongoing battle against obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Like many others, I've never been a big fan of surgery as a solution for mental disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder or depression .

Brain surgery to treat severe obsessive-compulsive disorders shows promise but remains highly experimental, U.S. neurosurgeons said.

One was a middle-aged man who refused to get into the shower. The other was a teenager who was afraid to get out.

AXING a closure-threatened mental health unit would be a E disasterE1 4 for Burton, according to a former patient who has added his voice to the growing clamour against the move.

Nuisance parking in residential areas can be physical to the residents being attacked.

For most of Shannon Shy's tenure as a Lieutenant with the United States Marine Corps, he found ways to hide his obsessive rituals and irrational thoughts.

It's true that just about everyone will experience anxiety in one form or another during the course of his or her life.

IPSWICH: An OCD sufferer who is permitted to work part-time while claiming income support today claimed benefits bureaucrats have treated him like a fraud.

Black Friday sales are a way for many people to search for bargains, that "perfect" holiday gift, or even get into the holiday spirit.

It usually begins in adolescence and fluctuates throughout life. It never completely goes away, and sometimes becomes more severe.

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More than half of American college students have considered suicide at some points in their lives.

A sad Christmas memory for me was of Christmas 1994. My mother had died 4 months earlier and since I always lived with her and was her sole caregiver until she died at 76 years old of Parkinson's Disease, it's needless to say that we were very close.

Do you or someone you know have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and don't know where to turn for help? A good place to start is with the book, This self-help book is written by Jeffrey Schwartz, a psychiatrist at UCLA School of Medicine who says that OCD is related to a biochemical imbalance in the brain, rather than due specifically to emotional ...

There is stillness in a classroom; third period is the worst. To her the classroom isn't right and makes her nervous.

Context Neurobiological models of obsessive-compulsive disorder emphasize disturbances in the function and connectivity of brain corticostriatal networks, or "loops." Although neuroimaging studies of patients have supported this network model of OCD, very few have applied measurements that are sensitive to brain connectivity features.

Context Several studies have indicated that atypical antipsychotics induce obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK, and Institut d'Alta Tecnologia, Parc de Recerca Biomdica de Barcelona, Spain David Mataix-Cols, PhD Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK Correspondence: Joaquim Radua, Division of Psychological Medicine, ...

The Journal of Small Animal Practice published a study done by a team of veterinarians that has linked high cholesterol to tail chasing in dogs.