Psychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, led by researchers at Texas ...

Schizophrenia involves periods of psychosis, including hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking that distort a person’s sense of reality. Schizoid personality disorder is a long-standing ...

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What do OCD therapists do? Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) therapists will generally focus on helping clients recognize the irrational nature of their obsessions and gradually increase their ...

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