OCD: a brain implant treats a 34-year-old woman
An American patient had an implant placed in her brain which drastically reduced the symptoms linked to her obsessive-compulsive disorder. ...
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What is Compulsive Digital Hoarding Disorder?
Your relationship with your digital documents can speak volumes about your level of anxiety. THE ESSENTIAL Wanting to keep all ...
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OCD, impulse phobia: “we are so afraid of hurting people that we make ourselves sick”
Sarah, 28, has a type of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), impulse phobia. She tells us about her healing journey, during ...
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Cannabis Effective Against Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
In the short term, cannabis reduces compulsions by 60%, unwanted thoughts by 49% and anxiety by 52%. THE ESSENTIAL Currently, ...
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OCD in children: antibodies on brain cells would be involved
American scientists believe they have discovered a cause for the sudden onset of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children: ...
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Targeting the immune system to treat OCD
Scientists have discovered a major role a protein plays in immune cells in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Treatments aimed ...
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