"ERP supports youth in facing their OCD thoughts and associated distress without engaging in compulsions or rituals," Lilia Mucka Andrew, PhD, psychologist at Children's National Hospital and lead author of the study, said.
Taking psilocybin – the psychedelic component of magic mushrooms – eased symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder among people who did not respond to conventional treatments, and the effects lasted at least several months ... .
Like any other mum, I worried about the safety of my children, as well as my own wellbeing ... I went from struggling to leave the house and suffering with hours of obsessive compulsive routines to freeing myself from anxiety and being OCD free ... .
An international team, led by researchers at the King's Maudsley Partnership for Children & Young People, has received £2.2million in Wellcome Discovery funding to use AI to predict children at risk of OCD.
Newer, technology-shaped rituals have crept into the lives of many young people - re-reading, screenshotting, repeated online reassurance-seeking, compulsive checking of notifications, and relentless mental reviewing ....