Brain Morphology Associated With Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms In 2,551 Children From the General Population

Obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) are common in the general population, but it is unclear whether subclinical OCS symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are part of a neuroanatomical continuum. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between OCS and subcortical and cortical morphology in a population-based sample of children.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - September 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cees J. Weeland, Tonya White, Chris Vriend, Ryan L. Muetzel, Julia Starreveld, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Henning Tiemeier, Odile A. van den Heuvel Tags: New Research Source Type: research