A new genetic study of more than 50,000 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases has linked around 250 genes to the condition, including more than two dozen identified as likely causal, in about 30 ...

Screen time is linked with obsessive compulsive disorder diagnoses in children, according to a new study. Every hour preteens spent playing video games each day was associated with a 13% increase in ...

Too much screen time may be linked to obsessive compulsive disorder in pre-teens, according to a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Researchers found that the odds of pre-teens ...

Although obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be treated, research has shown that people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. Many struggle to achieve ...

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions in the human genome associated with this debilitating yet ...

Marking a substantial advancement in understanding OCD, researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine have revealed key connections between clinical characteristics, neuroimaging and ...

In the aftermath of the October 7th attacks in Israel, a team of psychologists and psychiatrists noticed an unsettling pattern among survivors: obsessions and compulsions that hadn't been there before ...

Tennessee Technological University hosted its first Mad Topics Symposium in April 2024 to build a sense of community around caregivers and sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and ...

Researchers are recruiting youth (8-17 years old) with OCD or without psychiatric diagnoses for a research study involving virtual reality and computer tasks. The purpose of this study is to learn ...