OCD Linked to Increased Risk for Ischemic Stroke
Compared with non-OCD adults, those with obsessive-compulsive disorder have an increased risk for ischemic stroke.
Compared with non-OCD adults, those with obsessive-compulsive disorder have an increased risk for ischemic stroke.
Stepped care offering internet-delivered CBT followed by in-person CBT if necessary is noninferior to in-person CBT for children and adolescents with OCD.
Estimates of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may be underestimated in pregnant women and new mothers.
This study examines whether pretreatment brain activation during cognitive control and reward processing is associated with treatment response to CBT in patients with OCD.
Despite being common and often comorbid neurodevelopmental disorders, the study found robust yet subtle differences across age groups and the disorders in terms of cortical and subcortical brain structures.
Responses to treatment depend on the target chosen, with 5 targets yielding positive outcomes, including the ventral anterior limb of the internal capsule, subthalamic nucleus, nucleus accumbens, ventral capsule/ventral striatum, or inferior thalamic peduncle, all involving fronto-striato-thalamocortical circuits.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain.
Investigators aim to facilitate early recognition and consideration for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and internalizing psychiatric symptoms.
Similar executive functions are affected in ADHD and OCD, but differences exist in brain structure and function.
Brain scans may help identify for whom CBT would be most effective for OCD patients