(At the time of this study, hoarding disorder (HD) not a separate diagnosis from OCD.) What are the genetic and environmental causes behind compulsive hoarding, and how does compulsive hoarding… Read more »
Visual attention bias in body dysmorphic disorder
Cognitive behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) highlighted information processing biases — cognitive biases that relate to how various forms of information such as visual information are interpreted. Research… Read more »
Anterior cingulate deficits in obsessive compulsive disorder
Prior research showed that abnormalities in the anterior cingulate (a brain region involved in error detection, attention, reward, and decision making) are linked to OCD, with brain imaging studies showing… Read more »
Whole exome sequencing in OCD patients
Research into twins and families demonstrated that OCD is highly heritable, and that OCD is linked to malfunctioning synapses (gaps between neurons through which information and neurotransmitters flow) in the… Read more »
African-Americans with OCD: Reducing barriers to diagnosis and treatment
Although African Americans experience OCD at similar rates as the general population, they are less likely to receive treatments such as exposure and response prevention (ERP) and medications. At the… Read more »