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Brain chemical surge may help break old habits, study finds
June 12, 2026 8:57 am
By tracking real-time chemical spikes in the brain, researchers have mapped the exact mechanism that allows us to discard old routines and adapt to sudden changes.
How washroom anxiety is affecting employee health and productivity
October 21, 2025 3:35 pm
Many Indian employees are holding in their urine for hours, overthinking before answering nature's call
OCD is curable: How Veena, who couldn’t stop washing her hands since Covid and kept away from husband, overcame it with therapy
July 24, 2023 3:00 pm
Research has shown that the cause of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) involves a combination of neurobiological, genetic and environmental factors. Certain areas of the brain, imbalances in brain chemicals, childhood infections and stressful/traumatic life events play a role in the development of OCD, says Dr Shaunak Ajinkya, Consultant, Psychiatrist, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital Mumbai
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder have an imbalance of brain chemicals – our discovery could mean a treatment breakthrough
July 08, 2023 11:44 am
To be able to develop more effective treatments, it is crucial that we understand the chemical basis of OCD in the brain. Scientists have suspected that this involves an imbalance between chemical messengers, or neurotransmitters, called glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (Gaba) in certain brain regions.
Chemical imbalance in forebrain behind OCD, research finds
June 28, 2023 4:42 pm
Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the researchers found heightened glutamate and lowered GABA levels in one of these cerebral cortical regions, the anterior cingulate cortex, of people with OCD than in those without.
'It felt like the only thing I could control': People share their struggles with compulsive cleaning
April 04, 2023 9:27 pm
"Often associated with a person's intense fear of being contaminated by germs and disease-causing bacteria and viruses, compulsive cleaning is marked by an excessive urge to clean or engage in cleaning rituals," said Rohini Rajeev, senior psychotherapist
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Experts share symptoms, causes, common compulsions, and treatment
May 17, 2022 2:13 pm
OCD involves obsessions, which are unwanted thoughts, doubts, fears, urges or mental images that are uncontrollable and recurring in nature, and force the patient to indulge in repetitive behaviours
Living with OCD in a pandemic
August 17, 2021 11:10 am
For someone with OCD, certain circumstances or actions that most people would consider harmless, like touching a doorknob, are believed to have potentially dire consequences that require extreme corrective responses, if not total avoidance.
Ahaan to stream on Netflix from May 15
May 14, 2021 4:20 pm
Ahaan stars Arif Zakaria, Niharika Singh, Plabita Borthakur, Rajit Kapur and Shilpa Mehta. It introduces Abuli Mamaji, a young man with Down Syndrome, in the titular role.
Mental health coping strategies during a pandemic and after
June 16, 2020 9:25 pm
Keep in touch with your family members and friends over the phone.
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