Obsessive Compulsive Disorder:
Latest Research
UK Trends anxiety and depression in primary care
Primary care is provided primarily by GP's and allied health professionals (psychologists and social workers). In the UK the anxiety and depression related trends for primary care from 1998 to 2008 were calculated on a complex formula that is based on '1000 person...
Stepped care in aged care (UK)
Stepped care is conceptual approach to healthcare that is driven primarily by economics. In essence it starts with the cheapest and simplest intervention and then you work your way through more and more expensive interventions. At each stage it is hoped that large...
Prospective memory and OCD
Did I lock the front door? Did I lock the front door? I have said this to myself many times. If I am feeling particularly distracted then it wont be unusual that I will check the front door. If I had OCD I might check it multiple times even when the first check...
Which neurotransmitter plays a key role in OCD
The brain is awash with neurotransmitters. Knowing which type of neurotransmitter does what and where is a pretty important thing to know. For OCD one of the key functional circuits of the brain is...
Assessing OCD in children
Obsessive compulsive disorder presents slightly differently between children and adults. If we use the metaphor of a cold – it starts off sounding and feeling one way but develops over time, seemingly moving in the body and gathering strength. However, from the...
Deep brain stimulation and OCD
We will be talking about deep brain stimulation (DBS) for OCD but lets take a brief diversion first. If you were ever a medical history buff you may have heard of trepanation, From the image below you can see that involves making a hole in the skull. At first pass...