Researchers have scanned the brains of adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder, ... MRI scans reveal OCD alters the brain’s decision-making mechanisms By Paul McClure.

Using brain imaging, researchers have found that obsessive-compulsive disorder affects particular areas of the brain involved in processing certainty during the decision-making process, providing ...

In the last decade, the incidence of restrictive eating disorders in children, like anorexia-nervosa and avoidant/restrictive ...

Using a high-powered MRI scanner, scientists have discovered an imbalance between neurochemicals in parts of OCD patients’ brains key to decision-making and habit. Chemical imbalances were ...

Imaging brain connections can predict improvements in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients after deep brain stimulation. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com ...

Philadelphia, November 29, 2023 – A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive ...

Mar. 30, 2023 — Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising therapy for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A new study has found that mapping neural connections in the ...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a mental disorder situated in the “Anxiety Spectrum Disorders” chapter of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (American ...

A seminal study by Tolin et al. (2012) investigated brain activity in individuals with HD, those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and healthy controls during decisions about whether to ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising therapy for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A first-of-its-kind collaborative study led by researchers at Texas Children's ...

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Five years ago, in a wheelchair, Julia Hum was admitted to a state mental hospital in Massachusetts. After treatment with targeted deep brain stimulation, she ...