Avoidance Predicts Worse Long-term Outcomes in OCD Avoidance Predicts Worse Long-term Outcomes in OCD
Behavioral avoidance could limit the long-term of a widely used treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, a new analysis shows.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Mental health start up out of McLean raises $30M in Series B
Launched two years ago, InStride provides virtual treatment for pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 27, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
There ’ s a Reason They ’ re Called ‘ Gut ’ Feelings
In the 1800s, a French Canadian named Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach while at a fur trading post, when someone’s musket accidentally fired at close range. He survived, but his injuries resulted in a hole in his stomach wall. This provided an early window—literally—into how our emotions and mental health affect the gut. Through careful experiments, the surgeon William Beaumont discovered that St. Martin’s mental state had direct physiological consequences on his stomach’s activity: when he felt irritable, for example, his digestion slowed. Somehow, his emotional states were manifest ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Camilla Nord Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
My teacher opened up about his mental health. What happened next opened my own mind.
Teachers in schools always seemed like distant figures to Fiona Babar. But when one teacher opened up about having obsessive compulsive disorder, it made her see him — and mental health struggles — in a new way. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
Diagnostics and treatment of suicidality; a matter of customization - Mennen KHJE, Rasing SPA, de Winter RFP, van den Bogaard M, van den Berg M, van Rossum JM, Creemers DHM.
This article illustrates the importance of conducting a comprehensive analysis of suicidality through the case study of an adolescent patient dealing with both depressive disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The aim of treating suicidality is to add... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The effect of death anxiety on work passion: moderating roles of work centrality and work connection - Al-Dossary SA, Sousa C, Gon çalves G.
Fear of death is an emotional manifestation of the instinct for self-preservation. Any threat to our existence induces an anxiety response. Death anxiety can trigger obsessive-compulsive behaviours, such as an obsessive passion for work. Using a sample of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
‘The Good Doctor’ EP David Shore Explains Why Drama Is Ending After Seven Seasons
THE GOOD DOCTOR - The Good Lawyer - Dr. Shaun Murphy seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder. MONDAY, MARCH 13 (10:01-11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (Jeff Weddell/ABC via Getty Images) FREDDIE HIGHMORE Why…#shaunmurphy #abc #jeffweddellabc #davidshore #eplizfriedman #abcsignature #youngsheldon #swat #sealteam #freddiehighmore (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
OCD Tied to a Twofold Increased Risk for All-Cause Mortality OCD Tied to a Twofold Increased Risk for All-Cause Mortality
Obsessive-compulsive disorder has been linked to a heightened risk for death from both natural and unnatural causes.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Linked to Increased Mortality
MONDAY, Jan. 22, 2024 -- Individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have an increased risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in The BMJ.Lorena Fern ández de la Cruz, Ph.D., from the Karolinska... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Multi-method assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among patients in treatment for OCD and related disorders - Falkenstein MJ, Kelley KN, Martin HS, Kuckertz JM, Coppersmith D, Bezahler A, Narine K, Beard C, Webb CA.
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs) are associated with increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs), yet research characterizing suicidality in OCRDs remains limited. A major challenge in assessing STBs is the reliance on explic... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
‘The left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing’: the barriers to UK maternal mental healthcare
Mental health problems affect up to 20% of new mothers, but provision of mother-and-baby support is patchyThe bed was covered with baby clothes neatly arranged with milestone cards for future events such as “coming home” and “Easter”. They were the outfits for all the special occasions Tara Maguire thought she would miss with her daughter Maisie, then just two weeks old. Downstairs her husband and mother-in-law were waiting to drive her to be admitted as an inpatient at the Bluestone psychiatri c unit of Craigavon Area hospital in Northern Ireland. “It was really hard,” recalls Tara, wiping away tears.Tara had ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 20, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Anna Demming Tags: Mental health Parents and parenting Pregnancy Family NHS Medical research Psychology Source Type: news
All cause and cause specific mortality in obsessive-compulsive disorder: nationwide matched cohort and sibling cohort study - Fern ández de la Cruz L, Isomura K, Lichtenstein P, Larsson H, Kuja-Halkola R, Chang Z, D'Onofrio BM, Brikell I, Ruck C, Sidorchuk A, Mataix-Cols D.
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the risk of all cause and cause specific mortality in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) compared with matched unaffected people from the general population and with their unaffected siblings. DESIGN: Population ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Obsessive-compulsive disorder following severe traumatic brain injury - Wilson AJ, King R, Debert C.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as a consequence of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been reported in a limited number of case studies. Informed by CARE guidelines, we present the case of a boy in his late adolescence who sustained a severe TBI ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: TBI Source Type: news
I spent over £100,000 on therapy... but it was taking magic mushrooms that helped me conquer my OCD
UK lawyer Pandora Morris, 35, has spent decades battling obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), which developed into a severe exercise addiction and eating disorder in her early teens. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Using Responsive Deep Brain Stimulation For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
An emerging brain stimulation method could be the next great asset to treating obsessive-compulsive disorder in over two million adults in the United States. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
