Hair-pulling disorder increased over pandemic
The hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania, has increased threefold during the pandemic, leading mental health clinic Paracelsus Recovery warns. The clinic has seen a threefold increase in...
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Brain stimulation can treat severe OCD
Australian-first clinical trial shows brain stimulation can treat severe OCD: Deep brain stimulation has been found to help people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)...
Therapy dog, Bilbo helps patients with mental health conditions
Patients at Priory Hospital Woking with stress, anxiety and depression are benefiting from access to a new therapy dog "Bilbo". Animals – including dogs and...
OCD & Coronavirus – What to do to cope
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a relatively common mental disorder. · People with OCD experience intrusive and distressing recurring thoughts, urges, or images which can seriously affect...
OCD – One Minute Medical School
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects up to 2 per cent of the population. Did you know kids can get it from an infection?
Tourette Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a medical condition affecting around one in a hundred children. The main symptoms are motor and vocal tics – jerky movements...
