Convinced that her medication for bipolar disorder clouded her judgment, Homeland’s protagonist began the show’s third season …
ocd
‘Club Drug’ Ketamine Lifts Depression in Hours
The largest study to date confirms that ketamine — a “club drug” that is also legally used as an anesthetic — could be a quick and effective way to relieve depression.
Viewpoint: My Case Shows What’s Right — and Wrong — With Psychiatric Diagnoses
Over the course of my life, I have been given no fewer than five different diagnoses for mental illnesses, under the diagnostic system laid out in psychiatry’s “bible,” the DSM. But it was a sixth diagnosis— one that …
Inside the Hoarder’s Brain: A Unique Problem with Decision-Making
Why do some people find it impossible to get rid of old newspapers and junk mail, and end up hoarding them instead?
New Diagnosis in Teen Tic Disorder: What Is PANDAS?
A doctor says the Le Roy teens’ mysterious tic disorder may have been set off by strep infection.
A Better Way to Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Kids
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be a nasty enough condition when it strikes an adult. When it hits in childhood it’s far crueler. Not only are kids unequipped to understand what’s happening to them, they are also being …
House Watch: What If You Could Remember Every Detail of Your Life?
Last night’s House M.D. focused on the case of Nadia, a 33-year-old woman who can recall every moment of her life with perfect clarity. She waitresses at a diner, where she falls over one day, unable to move her legs. So which …
Study: Some Autistic Brains Really Are Wired Differently
Too many tight connections in frontal-lobe circuits and too few long-distance links between the frontal lobe and the rest of the brain may cause some of the language, social problems and repetitive behavior seen in autism …
How to Raise a Happy Child
Little minds can be very complicated minds. The mere fact that you’re young — even extremely young — does not mean that you don’t experience a world of complex feelings and thoughts. That’s one reason so many U.S. kids — …
Real-World Hoarders and Obsessive-Compulsives: A Conversation with an OCD Expert
When I called to interview Dr. Michael Jenike — one of the world’s leading experts on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) — he noted that I’d reached him exactly on the dot, and joked that I might have a touch of OCD myself. …