People with Pure OCD only have mental compulsions, like silent counting or obsessively replaying events in their heads.

Uncontrollable, recurring thoughts and behaviors that characterize obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are experienced by 2% to 3% of people. Yet standard treatments — exposure therapy and medicines ...

(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 hopes to walk out soon and, for ...

"The treatment that we're delivering , called exposure based CBT or cognitive behavioral treatment, that's really the gold ...

Though researchers have not been able to locate a specific gene associated with OCD, there is evidence that OCD may run in families.

A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical ...

Closed-loop targeted deep brain stimulation holds promise in addressing symptoms of depression and obsessive-compulsive ...

A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical ...

The ALIC is the part of the Internal Capsule that lies anterior to the genu, located between the head of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus. Its fibers connect the prefrontal cortex and ...