More adults have sought insight on their own neurodiversity in the last decade — often after their children are diagnosed or ...

There’s also an overlap of symptoms between various disorders like ADHD and OCD that can complicate an autism diagnosis due to difficulties with nonverbal social cues or executive functions like ...

The development of a mass shooter is not an impulsive act—it is a process shaped by cognitive wiring, environmental influences, and deeply ingrained belief systems. While discussions often ...

The National Autistic Society says that getting autism diagnoses is important because it helps autistic people understand ...

Then, a few years ago, she was diagnosed with autism, just after her youngest daughter received the same diagnosis. "If your ...

Krasno recalls one teenager who arrived at the Koegel Autism Center with multiple mental health diagnoses, including depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder. "Her autism had been ...

Issues relating to differential diagnosis are summarised, including the challenges of distinguishing OCD from autism spectrum disorders and tic disorders in youth. The recommended treatments, namely ...

More information: Karolina M. Lempert et al, Delay Discounting and Risk Tolerance in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Results From the Global OCD Study, Clinical Psychological Science (2024). DOI ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a disorder that involves rumination, can lead to paranoid thoughts and paranoia. OCD occurs when a person experiences a cycle of obsessive thoughts and urges ...