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Article: Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity: study
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 17, 2008
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Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity: study
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Measuring activity in a region of
the brain could help identify people at risk of developing obsessive
compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers have discovered.
The new findings, made by researchers from the University of
Cambridge in Britain, were published in the U.S. journal Science on
Thursday.
As the current diagnosis of OCD is based on clinical interviews
and often does not occur until the disorder has progressed, this
latest discovery could enable earlier, more objective detection and
intervention, the study said
The research team discovered that people with OCD and their close
family ...