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Treatment of compulsive hoarding in older adults

Posted June 15th, 2023 by borislitvin & filed under .

Hoarding disorder (HD) was still considered a subtype of OCD at the time of this grant. Hoarding symptoms pose unique challenges and dangers for older adults. Although cognitive behavioral therapy… Read more »

Optimization of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): A sham controlled randomized clinical trial of MRI-guided TMS

Posted June 13th, 2023 by borislitvin & filed under .

Methods such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) aim to decrease symptoms of disorders such as OCD by carefully and non-invasively targeting specific brain regions that are implicated in these disorders…. Read more »

Functional neuroanatomy of body dysmorphic disorder

Posted June 13th, 2023 by borislitvin & filed under .

Neuroimaging research to understand how the brains of people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) functioned was limited at the time of this study. This study by Dr. Saxena and his… Read more »

Predicting medication response in obsessive compulsive disorder

Posted June 13th, 2023 by borislitvin & filed under .

A variety of medications exist for OCD, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and antidepressants such as clomipramine. However, not all patients respond to these medications equally, with some… Read more »

Error-related negativity in unaffected siblings of youth with obsessive compulsive disorder

Posted June 13th, 2023 by borislitvin & filed under .

Research has shown that OCD involves increased brain activity in cortico-striatal circuits that connect the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) with other brain regions involved in performance monitoring and error detection…. Read more »

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