The researcher who wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder

Around 2% of nan organization struggles pinch obsessive compulsive disorder, aliases OCD. Andrii Yalanskyi/Getty Images hide caption

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Around 2% of nan organization struggles pinch obsessive compulsive disorder, aliases OCD.

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Roughly 163 cardinal group acquisition obsessive-compulsive upset and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They person unwanted intrusive thoughts, images aliases urges; they besides do definite behaviors to alteration nan distress caused by these thoughts.

In movies and TV shows, characters pinch OCD are often depicted washing their hands aliases obsessing astir symmetry.

Carolyn Rodriguez is simply a expert astatine Stanford studying OCD and nan head of nan Stanford OCD Research Lab. She says these are often symptoms of OCD, but they're not nan only ways it manifests – and there's still a batch of basics we person yet to understand astir it.

In her clip practicing medicine, she's seen galore permutations of nan condition, and has realized really often group pinch OCD, and moreover intelligence wellness attraction providers, whitethorn not admit nan symptoms. Once patients are diagnosed, immoderate won't respond to treatments for illustration serotonin reuptake inhibitors, aliases vulnerability and consequence prevention. That's why, successful this encore episode, Rodriguez looks to see much populations successful investigation and find caller ways to dainty OCD, for illustration ketamine.

If you're willing successful perchance participating successful Dr. Rodriguez's OCD studies, you tin email ocdresearch@stanford.edu aliases telephone 650-723-4095.

For much resources, cheque retired her lab website and nan International OCD Foundation.

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