Obsessive compulsive disorder - Caused by bugs?


	Obsessive compulsive disorder - Caused by bugs?

Fast T friend

8-13-2009 5:22 AM

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antibodies, bacteria, ocd, psychology

Fast T friend says:

Injecting mice with the germs behind "strep throat" led to them developing repetitive actions similar to sufferers of OCD, the journal Molecular Psychiatry reports. The study was carried out by scientists from Columbia University in New York.

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8-14-2009 12:22 AM

tazmanium

Oh damn.

8-14-2009 7:34 AM

ajbruin

jsut going to wash my hands, just going to wash my hands, just going to wash my hands, just going to wash my hands.....I had a really bad sore throat last week.....

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In some cases of OCD the body's attack on the bugs that cause one in ten 
  throat infections goes awry, according to the study in the US. 
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The antibodies made to attack the bacteria also focus on the brain and cause 
  changes in behaviour. 
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OCD affects up to three per cent of the population and the new theory could 
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Symptoms of OCD can include repetitive hand-washing or cleaning, obsessively 
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