“My OCD kind of convinced me food and drinks ... The devices have two electrodes that target a pea-size structure deep inside the brain called the subthalamic nucleus. This node, which looks ...

involves stimulating certain parts of your brain with implanted electrodes. It’s a promising treatment for treatment-resistant OCD. The main treatments for OCD are talk therapies, such as ...

Genetics could play a role, since studies have shown that people with immediate relatives who have OCD are more likely to develop it. Brain structure could also be to blame. PET imaging has ...

Observed brain changes illuminate a link between emotional attachment and decision-making deficits in people with hoarding ...

The FDA cleared “Deep TMS,” which uses a different kind of coil to reach deeper brain structures, to treat major depressive disorder in 2013 and OCD in 2018. Focused ultrasound has been ...

A French study has shown that deep brain stimulation can improve symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Serotonin reuptake inhibitors and behavioral therapy constitute the standard ...

The Colts right tackle revealed that his obsessive compulsive disorder, combined with religious ... a month away from putting a bullet through my brain.” Smith, who has played all seven ...

This method enables more efficient and lower-risk targeting of deep brain structures to treat multiple neural conditions, including depression, PTSD, OCD, and substance abuse disorder. DeepFocus ...

with my newborn son. . . . I [felt like I] was a month away from putting a bullet through my brain.” Braden Smith then dove into how his OCD manifested itself in the form of religious scrupulosity.