News tagged with compulsive disorder
Two genes do not make a voter: new research
Voting behavior cannot be predicted by one or two genes as previous researchers have claimed, according to Evan Charney, a Duke University professor of public policy and political science.
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Barrow researcher launches depression study
A top medical researcher at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, has launched a clinical trial to pinpoint brain activity in depressed people by using scientifically designed sad and ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Deep brain stimulation helps severe OCD, but pioneer advises caution
When obsessive-compulsive disorder is of crippling severity and drugs and behavior therapy can't help, there has been for just over a year a thread — or rather a wire — of hope. By inserting a thin electrode deep ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Unlocking the secrets of our compulsions
Researchers have shed new light on dopamine's role in the brain's reward system, which could provide insight into impulse control problems associated with addiction and a number of psychiatric disorders.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 08, 2010 |
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One in five Americans had mental illness last year: survey
Nearly one in five Americans, or 45 million adults, experienced some form of mental illness last year, according to a major US government survey published on Friday.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Obsessing over strep throat in kids
A common infection in children, strep throat can lead to problems with a child's heart, joints or brain if left untreated. And when the brain is involved, motor and mental functioning may be compromised, leading to syndromes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2010 |
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New research helps clinicians predict treatment outcomes for children with OCD
New research from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center may help clinicians better predict how a child with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) will respond to some of the most commonly used treatment approaches. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Deep brain stimulation may help patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder
Using electrodes to stimulate areas deep within the brain may have therapeutic potential for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder that is refractory to treatment, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of ...
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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Researchers locate impulse control center in brain
Impulsive behaviour can be improved with training and the improvement is marked by specific brain changes, according to a new Queen's University study.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2010 |
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New treatment options target underlying causes of childhood obsessive-compulsive and Tourette's disorders
Pediatric-onset obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's disorder (TD) share similarities in their underlying genetic and environmental factors, psychiatric features, and treatment methods. Advances in understanding ...
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Sep 09, 2010 |
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Anxiety/panic disorder most frequent disabling comorbid disorder in TS patients, study finds
An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or motor tics that define TS found that anxiety/panic ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Frontal cortex dysfunction may contribute to compulsive sexual behavior
Sex "addiction" is a concept that has had particularly high visibility recently with the publicity associated with Tiger Woods. Persons with addictive or compulsive disorders frequently display an inability to inhibit behaviors ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 10, 2010 |
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New probe promises to reveal brain's mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dozens of potential applications await a new neurological probing platform developed by European scientists. The new system offers the promise of new cures for neurological disease and a better ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 11, 2010 |
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Parkinson's disease treatments associated with compulsive behaviors
Pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, binge eating and other impulse control disorders appear to be more common among individuals taking dopamine agonist medications for Parkinson's disease, according to a report in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 10, 2010 |
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Researchers find that single gene responsible for OCD-like behaviors in mice
Researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College discovered that mice missing a single gene developed repetitive obsessive-compulsive-like behaviors. The genetically ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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