Kashfi felt ashamed, so ashamed that she had never previously been able to seek help. A bright, lively, attractive young woman, she was single, was active socially, and enjoyed her work in a film ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviours involve individuals getting stuck in a “habit loop” that overrides self-control, however new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney ...

Tanning addiction plagues teenage minorities in Los Angeles, and that dependency is associated with marijuana abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues, a Keck School of ...

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

I support clients with varying issues, from anxiety, relationship difficulties and body image to disordered eating and OCD. If you find yourself struggling with low self-esteem, caught in unhelpful ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a brain circuit that can drive repetitive and compulsive behaviours in mice, even when natural rewards such as food or social contact are ...

Researchers from the University of Utah have identified calcium as a key chemical signal that triggers microglia during obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related behaviours in healthy mice, and in a ...