Anxiety symptoms: Do you have unhealthy patterns of behaviour? It could be OCD
ANXIETY is present in those who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder . Recurring anxious thoughts can influence unhealthy patterns of behaviour. Look out for the warning signs of the mental health condition. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
November 2020
Breathe Better With COPD : Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Is Your Blood Pressure Too High?
When Unwanted Thoughts Intrude : Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Long-Distance Caregiving
COVID-19 and Addiction (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - November 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pandemic raises special concern for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Mental health experts are worried about what the coming winter could hold as the pandemic stretches on. (Source: PsycPORT.com)
Source: PsycPORT.com - November 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
November 2020
Breathe Better With COPD : Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Is Your Blood Pressure Too High?
When Unwanted Thoughts Intrude : Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Long-Distance Caregiving
COVID-19 and Addiction (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - October 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cannabis reduces OCD symptoms by half in the short-term
(Washington State University) People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) report that the severity of symptoms was reduced by about half within four hours of smoking cannabis. After smoking cannabis, users with OCD reported it reduced their compulsions by 60%, intrusions, or unwanted thoughts, by 49% and anxiety by 52%. The study also found that higher doses and cannabis with higher concentrations of CBD were associated with larger reductions in compulsions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
How are Personality Disorders Clustered?
Discussion
Personality traits (PT) represent patterns of thinking, perceiving, reacting, and relating that are relatively stable over time. There are 5 major PT:
Extraversion (e.g. tendency to be sociable)
Neuroticism (e.g. susceptibility to negative thoughts and distress)
Conscientiousness (e.g. self-regulation and being able to look at long term goals)
Agreeableness (e.g. self-regulations and relationship maintenance)
Openness to experience (e.g. imaginative, creative, curiosity).
Personality disorders (PD) occur when these personality traits become so conspicuous, rigid and maladaptive that they cause impairment in ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 19, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Adverse social relationships in childhood: are there links with depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and suicidality in adulthood? - Angelakis I, Gooding P.
This study aimed to (i) explore the association between perceptions of negative social relationships in childhood with significant others, including peers, guardians and teachers, symptoms of depression and OCD, and suicide behaviors, and (ii) examine whet... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
OCD therapy app raises $12M to expand services to more states
NOCD, a Chicago startup specializing in the identification and treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder, raised a new round of funding as it works to expand its services across the U.S.
The startup announced on Thursday that it raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Health Enterprise Partners. Previous investors 7Wire Ventures, Chicago Ventures and Hyde Park Angels also participated.
The funding brings NOCD’s total funding to more than $17 million to date. Last year, th e startup raised… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 8, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katherine Davis Source Type: news
Rage attacks in Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder: a systematic review - Conte G, Valente F, Fioriello F, Cardona F.
Tourette syndrome (TS) and Chronic motor/vocal Tic Disorder (CTD) are neurodevelopmental conditions defined by the occurrence of multiple tics. Besides the well-known association with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Evidence check: the medium and long-term sequelae of COVID-19, New South Wales Government COVID-19 Critical Intelligence Unit
Rapid review question: What are the medium- and long-term health sequelae of COVID-19 infection among survivors? In brief: General health sequelae • Symptoms commonly reported among recovered COVID-19 patients two to eight weeks after the onset of symptoms (or a positive COVID-19 test) include: fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle or joint pain, chest pain, cough, and insomnia and/or sleep disorders.(1-6) • A study of 202 confirmed COVID -19 patients with mild symptoms, found altered sense of smell or taste occurred in 18.6% of patients, feelings of being tired in 13.1%, problems breathing in 10.4% and muscle or joint...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - September 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sexual trauma, cognitive appraisals, and sexual intrusive thoughts and their subtypes: a moderated mediation analysis - Ching THW, Wetterneck CT, Williams MT, Chase T.
The relationships between sexual trauma, cognitive appraisals, and subtypes of sexual intrusive thoughts have not been adequately examined in the context of obsessive-compulsive concerns. We employed variations of a moderated mediation model to test these ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Brain scans may help predict response to OCD therapies
Differences in brain activity seen on scans taken before psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder corresponded with responses to treatment. (Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH))
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - September 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anxiolytic effects of acute and maintenance ketamine, as assessed by the Fear Questionnaire subscales and the Spielberger State Anxiety Rating Scale - Truppman Lattie D, Nehoff H, Neehoff S, Gray A, Glue P.
This study aimed to assess changes following acute and maintenance ketam... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Brain Scan May Guide Therapy for Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder
Better response to cognitive behavioral therapy linked to greater activation in certain areas of brain (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - September 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology, Journal, Source Type: news
For Kids With O.C.D., Coronavirus Precautions Can Go Too Far
How parents can distinguish between hand-washing that is a reasonable reaction to a real threat and something more concerning. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 2, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jenny Marder Tags: Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Children and Childhood Fear (Emotion) Content Type: Service Telemedicine Therapy and Rehabilitation Hygiene and Cleanliness Parenting Source Type: news
