People of any age can develop generalized anxiety disorder, even children. It tends to appear gradually, with the first symptoms most likely to happen between childhood and middle age. Twice as many women as men say they have it. What Are the Causes? The genes passed down through a family...
Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often have comorbid psychiatric disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, and eating disorders, which present challenges to the treating physician. Symptoms of OCD may have an earlier onset and be more severe in patients with...
This comorbid group reported higher symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to patients with non-comorbid disorders. FMM revealed three classes: “anxiety and somatic depression” (33%), “mixed depression and anxiety” (40%), and “cognitive depression” (27%). The anxiety and somatic ...
It helps in alleviating symptoms of OCD, anxiety, depression when used as an alternative method of therapy. Office Yoga can help in reducing back pains and improve productivity. As per research funded by Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation, yoga can significantly reduce the onset of Al...
Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aorta, the large blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body. Aortic stenosis puts strain on the heart and over time might cause an irregular heart rhythm. When aortic stenosis is mild, there may be no symptoms. In more sev...
the researchers say. "The tradition of drawing these sharp lines when patients are diagnosed probably doesn't follow the reality, where mechanisms in the brain might cause overlapping symptoms," Benjamin Neale, PhD, co–senior author, from the Broad Institute and the Analytical and Translational Ge...
Children with a family history of violence, alcohol abuse, or physical or sexual abuse are at greater risk for suicide, as are those with depressive symptoms. Which Children Get Depressed? Up to 3% of children and 8% of adolescents in the U.S. have depression. The condition is ...
Ultimately, the present study investigated the relationship between neuroticism, perfectionism, repetitive (negative) thinking (RNT), and intolerance of uncertainty (IOU), and the symptoms of OCD and MDD. The study included a total of 197 people into three clinical groups: those diagnosed only with...
Symptoms of OCD often don’t cluster into tight, neat packages. This website has many articles about some of the more uncommon types of OCD, so hopefully some will be relevant to you. Recovery from OCD involves learning to live with doubt and uncertainty. For many, this extends even to ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often familial, and findings from twin and family studies have shown that obsessive-compulsive symptoms are substantially heritable, with a complex pattern of inheritance1,2. Given the evidence in support of a genetic aetiology for OCD, numerous candidate gene ...