{"id":1974101,"date":"2023-07-15T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mysterious-cause-of-ocd-may-have-just-been-revealed-study\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T21:56:08","slug":"mysterious-cause-of-ocd-may-have-just-been-revealed-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mysterious-cause-of-ocd-may-have-just-been-revealed-study\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Reveals Mysterious Cause of OCD"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmysterious-cause-of-ocd-may-have-just-been-revealed-study%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Scientists Identify Chemical Imbalance in the Brains of OCD Patients<\/h2>\n<p>Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects about 2 percent of the population, including over 2 million adults in the U.S., according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/adaa.org\/understanding-anxiety\/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd#:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anxiety &#038; Depression Association of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of OCD include an obsession with cleanliness, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parker-return-of-the-evil-empire\/\" title=\"PARKER: Return Of The \u2018Evil Empire\u2019\">aggressive impulses<\/a>, or a need for symmetry.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCommon compulsions include checking, washing\/cleaning, and arranging. There isn\u2019t always a logical connection between obsessions and compulsions. Often people with OCD experience a variety of obsessions and compulsions,\u201d the ADAA says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If left untreated, OCD can be chronic and can interfere with a person\u2019s normal routine, schoolwork, job, family, or social activities.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Trevor Robbins of Cambridge\u2019s Department of Psychology, the senior author of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-38695-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>, said, \u201cSymptoms of intrusive thoughts and repetitive rituals can confine patients to their homes for months on end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In extreme cases, the lack of control and sense of hopelessness caused by OCD can result in thoughts of suicide, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/research\/news\/chemical-imbalance-in-the-forebrain-underpins-compulsive-behaviour-and-ocd-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by the university on the study. Current treatments for the condition are limited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/researcher-dead-experimental-hybrid-electric-car-explodes-driving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Researchers<\/a> in the study scanned the brains of 31 people diagnosed with OCD and 30 healthy volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The results showed that the balance between two chemicals \u2014 glutamate and GABA \u2014 is \u201cdisrupted\u201d in the frontal lobes of people suffering from OCD.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGlutamate is an \u2018excitatory\u2019 neurochemical: it facilitates electrical impulses that fire neurons to send information around brain networks. GABA is an \u2018inhibitory\u2019 neurotransmitter that works in opposition to glutamate by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mysterious-cause-of-ocd-may-have-just-been-revealed-study\/\" title=\"New Study Reveals Mysterious Cause of OCD\">dampening neural excitability<\/a>, creating a balance,\u201d the school said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOCD sufferers had higher levels of glutamate and lower levels of GABA \u2026 compared to people without OCD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These findings suggest that raised levels of glutamate may be a sign of OCD.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Robbins believes that the study\u2019s findings are a major breakthrough in treating the condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding obsessive-compulsive disorder is a central question for psychiatry. We have now shown definitive changes in these key neurotransmitters in OCD sufferers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur findings are a major piece of the puzzle for understanding the mechanisms behind OCD,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-claims-misogyny-and-racism-motivated-capitol-riot-says-she-feared-being-raped-because-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy-are-very-linked\/\" title=\"AOC Claims \u2018Misogyny\u2019 And \u2018Racism\u2019 Motivated Capitol Riot, Says She Feared Being Raped Because \u2018White Supremacy And Patriarchy Are Very Linked\u2019\">professor added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results suggest new strategies for medication in OCD based on available drugs that regulate glutamate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mysterious-cause-ocd-may-just-revealed-study\/\">Mysterious Cause of OCD May Have Just Been Revealed: Study<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the University of Cambridge discovered a chemical imbalance in OCD patients&#8217; brains. OCD affects 2% of the population, including 2 million US adults. Symptoms include cleanliness obsession, aggressive impulses, and repetitive behaviors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":1974102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}