Studying animal behavior could help with better detection and treatments for OCD.
Researchers report people from OCD can benefit significantly from adding exposure and response prevention therapy when common drug treatments fail.
A new test could help clinicians diagnose autism in adults.
The compulsions in OCD could be due to a misfiring in the caudate nucleus, a new neuroimaging study proposes.
A new study reports people affected by substance abuse, eating disorders and OCD share a common pattern of decision making and similarities in brain structure.
A new study provides a glimpse into the current limitations and powerful implications of precision medicine.
New research suggests brain circuits which control obsessive compulsive behavior are intertwined with circuits which control food intake and body weight. The findings could have implications for treating obsessive compulsive disorder.
Researchers use optogenetics to control compulsive behavior in mice. The results could help to develop new treatments such as OCD and Tourette's syndrome.
In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others’ possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep or discard their own things.
