Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging ...

We explored how intrusive thoughts can hijack someone’s mind, how compulsions feel like the only way to quiet those false alarms, and how exhausting it can be to live trapped in that cycle.I also ...

Although it’s not entirely clear what causes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), neuroimaging studies suggest that people with the condition have distinct differences in their brain structure ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Linked To Brain Activity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 07 / 080717140456.htm ...

British researchers at Cambridge University have used brain scans, for the first time, to see differences in the brains of OCD patients when compared to the brains of people without the ...

A detailed brain imaging study published March 14 in the journal Translational Psychiatry indicates that there may be widespread small-scale defects, called microstructural abnormalities, in the ...

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Schematic representation of a deep brain stimulation device. Mayo Clinic. Nho and colleagues did not initially use deep brain stimulation in humans for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

This article was originally published with the title “ Can Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Be Blocked in the Brain? ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 310 No. 6 (June 2014) doi:10.1038 ...

Deep brain stimulation is a treatment option for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) when first-line treatments have not worked.

Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity ... Obsessive compulsive disorder is a debilitating condition that affects 2-3% of the population at some point in life.

Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).