Episode 82
New ideas about OCD pave the way for alternative treatments
Ongoing work includes trialling electrode therapy and psychedelics...
Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists · James Tytko
December 10, 202427m 43s
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Show Notes
Pervasive misconceptions about what OCD is may have stood in the way of making progress towards better treating the condition. Keeping your room tidy is not necessarily a sign that you have a psychiatric condition, despite what someone might claim in passing. Now, new theories about the way this anxiety disorder affects the brain are leading to new possibilities with regards to helping people who don't see an improvement from current gold standard therapies. James Tytko explores... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
ocdobsessivecompulsivedisorderpsychiatrytreatmentCBTpsychedelics