Obsessive Compulsive Archives - Psychiatry Advisor

The combination of behavioral and cognitive therapy approaches with medications is likely the most effective intervention for adults diagnosed with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Neurodevelopmental Disorder

ADHD and OCD Individuals Differ in Brain Structure and Function

By

Dinko Kranjac, PhD, Medical Editor

July 6, 2016

Neuropsychological findings indicate that similar executive functions are affected in ADHD and OCD, but new neuroimaging data indicate differences exist in brain structure and function.

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

D-cycloserine Not Effective as an Augmentation Strategy for CBT in Pediatric OCD

By

Dinko Kranjac, PhD, Medical Editor

July 1, 2016

Some of the strategies to improve memory extinction aim at plasticity pathways in the brain with the use of NMDA receptor-modulating drugs, such as D-cycloserine.