Bite Your Nails or Pick at Your Skin? A New Study Has a Solution for That

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• July 20, 2023
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If you just can't stop biting your nails, picking at your skin or pulling out a hank of hair, especially when you're stressed out, here's something to try that just might work.

Instead of nibbling, picking or pulling, simply touch your skin gently, such as by lightly rub...

Science Brings New Insight Into Origins of OCD

• Sarah D. Collins HealthDay Reporter
• June 30, 2023
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California psychiatrist Dr. Carolyn Rodriguez once had a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who washed his hands so often that he had to wear gloves to cover his cracked and swollen ski...

Can Too Much Screen Time Raise a Child's Odds for OCD?

• Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
• December 22, 2022
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Preteens who spend much of their free time watching online videos or playing video games may have a heightened risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), a new study suggests.

Deep Brain Stimulation Offers Hope Against Severe OCD

• Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
• September 22, 2022
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When traditional treatments fail to help patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), an implant that zaps the brain with electr...

Various Mental Illnesses Share Same Genes: Study

• By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
• May 16, 2022
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Many people who get a diagnosis for one mental illness may find they have additional psychiatric conditions, and new genetic research offers an explanation why.

A number of mental illnesses share genetic similarities, researchers found. This discovery helps explain why m...

Most IVF Babies Grow Up to Be Mentally Healthy Adults, Study Shows

• Robert Preidt
• December 21, 2021
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There is no increased risk of mental health problems in teens and young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Swedish researchers report.

Although those born after assisted reproductive techniques did have a slightly higher risk of obsessive-com...

Picky Eating, Social Phobia Often Linked in College Students

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• October 7, 2021
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Parents frazzled by their little ones' finicky food choices often sigh in exasperation, thinking: "They'll grow out of it by college."

Maybe not, suggests a new study from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Some young people continue their picky eating into early ad...