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Policywise

“What if I’m secretly gay?” Mental health treatment for identity-related obsessive-compulsive disorder through a justice-based lens

January 24, 2025 ERP,  Exposure and response prevention,  Identity,  identity-related OCD,  justice,  obsessive-compulsive disorder,  OCD

A closer look at “identity-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)” and exposure and response prevention (ERP) with a justice-based lens.

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When superstitions become a mental health concern

February 15, 2022 Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Moon,  obsessive-compulsive disorder,  Superstition

Superstitions aren’t unhealthy. But there’s a point where superstition or “magical thinking” can become problematic.

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From The Labs

Brain stimulation device enables new understanding of OCD

December 16, 2021 DBS therapy,  deep brain stimulation,  obsessive-compulsive disorder,  Research,  treatment-resistant OCD

Deep brain stimulation resulted in significant improvement of severe OCD symptoms resistant to conventional therapy.

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Fact vs. fiction: Understanding OCD and related conditions

July 25, 2019 Dr. Eric Storch,  Healthcare,  Mental Health,  Nicole Blanton,  obsessive-compulsive disorder,  OCD,  Psychiatry

You may hear the term “OCD” used loosely and sometimes jokingly throughout daily life and in pop culture. But for millions of Americans, obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Living with OCD: Perseverance, hope and my inspiration to help others

April 3, 2018 Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale,  Mental Health,  obsessive-compulsive disorder,  OCD,  Psychiatry

I grew up right here in Houston, enjoying the hot summers by the pool with my sister and spending my days either at school or

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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