A new study has investigated the genetic influences on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and has identified about thirty genes that are associated with this serious mental health issue. The ...

No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria Ruban/iStock via Getty Images Plus Obsessive compulsive disorder has ...

Long seen as a purely psychological problem, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is now understood to have a clearer biological basis. Scientists have identified genes that may directly cause the ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time using advanced DNA sequencing technology. The findings support previous ...

Researchers from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) report that most genetic influences on mental illness are shared across diagnostic categories, revealing a more interconnected biological ...

It's not uncommon for a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to also have a tic disorder, or for someone with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to also have autism spectrum d ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carol Mathews, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) Obsessive compulsive disorder ...