Dogs can suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder just like some humans do, and now researchers have identified a genetic basis for their spastic behavior. Jef Akst was managing editor of The ...

This association suggests a possible genetic link. Brain imaging studies have shown that people with OCD often have differences in parts of the brain that are involved in emotional responses and ...

The OCD research programs at the Baylor College of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Department of Psychiatry, and UNC-Chapel Hill are looking for research participants for a ...

The researchers examined genetic risk patterns for 10 psychiatric conditions: major depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa ...

Genetics—having a first-degree relative with OCD is associated with increased ... or early childhood.There is no evidence yet that links commonly believed views such as too much television ...

For example, people with a first-degree relative (parent or sibling) with OCD are more likely to have the condition themselves — both due to genetics and the environment they're raised in.