Antidepressants Could Stop Deadly Sepsis
A new study reports fluvoxamine, an antidepressant used to treat OCD appears to be effective in stopping sepsis. ... Read More...
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Train the Brain to Form Good Habits Through Repetition
According to researchers, forming both good and bad habits depends more on how often you perform an action than the satisfaction you get from the action.... Read More...
Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms in Youth May Be a Red Flag For Other Psychological Issues
A new study reports obsessive and compulsive behaviors in young people may represent a red flag for other more serious psychiatric conditions. Researchers report a link between OCS and an increased risk of depression and suicidal thoughts in young people.... Read More...
Learning From Mistakes: Neurons Which Catch Our Mistakes and Correct Our Behavior Identified
Researchers identified specific neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex, called self monitoring error neurons, that fire immediately after people make a mistake.... Read More...
Study Reveals Roots of OCD
A new study combines hundreds of brain scans of patients with OCD and pinpoints problems with error processing in the brain that leads to repetitive behaviors.... Read More...
Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects Tied to Opioid System in the Brain
Researchers report ketamine's antidepressive effects require activation of opioid receptors in the brain. The study highlights the interaction between depression, pain and opioid addiction. ... Read More...
Machine Learning Links Dimensions of Mental Illness to Brain Network Abnormalities
Researchers use machine learning technology to identify brain based dimensions of mental health disorders. ... Read More...
Perfectionism in Young Children May Indicate OCD Risk
A new study reports children who exhibit excessive self control and have tendencies toward perfectionism are twice as likely to develop OCD by their teenage years. Researchers report perfectionist children often have smaller dorsal anterior cingulate cortex volume, an area of the brain linked to OCD.... Read More...
Living in Areas With Less Sun May Increase OCD Risk
A new study reports people living in areas with more sun light have lower rates of OCD.... Read More...
How the Office Org Chart in Your Brain Helps Organize Your Actions
Researchers shed light on how behavior is organized in the brain. The study reports learned behaviors are organized in a hierarchy of multiple levels of control.... Read More...
Psychiatric Disorders Share an Underlying Genetic Basis
Researchers have identified genetic overlaps between different types of psychiatric disorders including ADHD, bipolar disorder, MDD and schizophrenia. They also identified an overlap between anorexia and OCD, as well as between Tourettes and OCD.... Read More...
Unpacking Compulsive Hoarding Disorder
A new study reveals those with compulsive hoarding disorder assign emotional attachments to possessions as a way of compensating for a lack of emotional warmth during early development. Additionally, those with the disorder exhibit poor confidence in memory and cognitive skills.... Read More...