Psychology & Psychiatry

How decision-making mechanisms go awry in OCD brains

A new study from UNSW Sydney shows that teenagers with OCD experience deficits in decision making and behavioral control. This is linked to abnormal activity in an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Depressed teens appear to be extra sensitive to parental criticism

"You're so messy! Tidy up your room." "Why are you so lazy today? Go and do your homework." Criticism is never nice to hear. But for some teens it hits extra hard, research by Ph.D. candidate Lisanne van Houtum has shown. ...

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