Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Genetic? - Dr. Simpson (VIDEO)
Dr. Simpson shares if obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD is genetic.
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Dr. Simpson:
However, it gets a little more complicated. It seems like that’s only true of some cases of OCD, and so there’s some families where there seems to be a familial aspect to the OCD, and there are other cases of OCD where there’s no family history at all, and as best as can be determined from the data, it seems that early onset OCD, meaning people who have the onset of OCD at a young age, are more likely to have family members with OCD than people who get OCD, let’s say, in their late teens or 20s.
About Dr. Simpson, M.D., Ph.D.:
Helen Blair Simpson, M.D., Ph.D., an expert on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), is an associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, New York City, where she directs the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and OCD Research Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. She was a member of the work group that developed the first “Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients With OCD” for the American Psychiatric Association.
Through her research, Dr. Simpson is working to trace the brain circuits believed to play a major role in the development of obsessions and compulsions, and she has developed novel approaches to treatment. Her research has been supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator grant.
