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Related terms: Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis, OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, OCPD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Linked to Increased Mortality

MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 – Individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have an increased risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in The BMJ. Lorena...

Social Media Use Tied to Higher Health Risk Behavior in Teens

THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 – Social media use is associated with adverse health risk behaviors in young people, according to a review published online Nov. 29 in The BMJ. Amrit Kaur Purba, Ph.D., from ...

Internet Poses No Threat to Mental Health, Major Study Finds

TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 – It might seem that surfing the web could cause a person’s mental health to suffer, but a landmark new study has concluded that internet use poses no major threat to people’s ...

Psychedelics May Cut Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2023 – Classic psychedelics may be effective in reducing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a study recently published online in Scientific Reports. Anne ...

Science Brings New Insight Into Origins of OCD

FRIDAY, June 30, 2023 – California psychiatrist Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez once had a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who washed his hands so often that he had to wear gloves to cover...

Risk of Adverse Pregnancy, Neonatal Outcomes Up With Maternal OCD

THURSDAY, June 15, 2023 – Women with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have increased risk of adverse pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes, according to a study published online June 14 in...

Youth LGBTQ-Specific Mental Health Services Lacking

WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 – Just over one in four youth-serving U.S. mental health facilities offered lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ)-specific mental health services in 2020,...

Study Looks at Trends in Pediatric Mental Health Diagnoses During Pandemic

THURSDAY, May 25, 2023 – Trends in pediatric mental health (MH) diagnoses differed by age and sex over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research letter published online May 22 in...

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