Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder News

High-frequency deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, or dTMS, over the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex safely improved symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, study findings published in American Journal of Psychiatry revealed.

A Danish nationwide birth cohort study showed that the incidence rates of any mental disorder, substance use disorders, depression and anxiety disorders increased substantially by adolescence.

Adult patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and ADHD experienced earlier onset of and more severe obsessive-compulsive symptoms, according to a large cross-sectional study.

Adults with body dysmorphic disorder benefited from both cognitive behavioral therapy and supportive psychotherapy, findings published in JAMA Psychiatry revealed.

After controlling for family-related confounders, lower birth weight was associated with an increased risk for several psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression, researchers found.

Study findings revealed that specific connectivity profiles — which comprised fronto-thalamic streamlines in the brain — can predict clinical outcome of deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

In a Danish population-based cohort study of almost 6 million people, researchers found that individuals with any mental disorder were at increased risk for comorbid mental disorders.

After assessing data from a large community sample of more than 7,000 youth, researchers found a high rate of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, particularly in females and after puberty.

Using a sensory preconditioning paradigm to determine the extent to which individuals were using past experiences to guide their behavior, researchers found that those with obsessive-compulsive disorder were less likely to generalize from rewards than those with social anxiety disorder and healthy controls.

After conducting a meta-analysis of data from functional MRI studies, researchers found that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder showed hyperactivation in certain regions of the brain during error-processing and hypoactivation in other regions during inhibitory control when compared with healthy controls.