Researchers identified the most effective screening tools and treatment options for children with obsessive compulsive ...

Glutamatergic medications showed promise in treating obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs), especially obsessive ...

The truth, however, is that Gonzalez has dealt with OCD since childhood ... affects some 1-3% of the global population, including "children, adolescents and adults alike." The condition is ...

Researchers from Yale University have discovered a potential cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, involving antibodies that attack specific brain cells known as interneurons.

The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) is a widely used clinical tool for assessing the severity ... (Photo: Unsplash) Additionally, infection has been proposed as a potential trigger for ...

As repetitive behaviour is often termed inconsistently—for example, perseveration behaviour, repetitive behaviour or impulse control disorder—and since it was unclear how these behaviours were defined ...

Summary: Functionally impairing depression occurs in 2-10% of children ... Scale. Fluoxetine First line a ≤11 yr, 5 mg/day; ≥12 yr, 10 mg/day (10–40 mg/day) Well studied in OCD and bulimia ...