Families and OCD

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) These treatments include surgeries that destroy very small amounts of brain tissue and deep brain stimulation (also called DBS.) What is deep brain stimulation (DBS)? DBS has been used since the mid 1980s to treat the

Gamma Knife Treatment for OCD   What is Gamma Knife? Gamma knife is a treatment for OCD that does not require opening the skull.  In gamma knife procedures, multiple gamma rays pass through the skull (see image to the right).  On its

I Changed My Mind Gamma Knife Surgery for Treatment Resistant OCDBy Gerry Radano, LMSW      At the age of five I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up a stewardess flight attendant.  Since I had always

Deep Brain Stimulation for Highly Treatment Resistant OCDBy Darin Dougherty, MD, and Benjamin Greenberg, MD, Ph.D.          While most patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) eventually respond to treatment with medication and or behavioral therapy, a small minority

Someone I Care About Is Not Dealing With His OCD What Can I Do About It?By Heidi J. Pollard, RN, MSN and C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D.      Some people visit their doctor at the first sign of a physical symptom

What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, What is its Effectiveness, and Should I Look Into It? by Michael Twohig, Ph.D. Michael P. Twohig, Ph.D. a licensed clinical psychologist in Utah and an assistant professor at Utah State University. He received

When Your Child Refuses Treatment By Fred Penzel, Ph.D. In the ideal world, everyone’s child goes to treatment willingly, does all their therapy homework, comes to their sessions prepared, and gets recovered in the shortest possible time. Unfortunately, we do

New Horizons in OCD Research and the PotentialImportance of Glutamate Can We Develop TreatmentsThat Work Better and Faster?By Michael H. Bloch, MD, Vladimir Coric, MD, and Christopher Pittenger, MD, Ph.D.Michael Bloch, MD, is a Fellow in the Solnit Integrated Program