Exploring Decision Making in People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Although obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be treated, research has shown that people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people (Remmerswaal et al., 2016). Many struggle to achieve the same levels of education...
Exposure Therapy Challenges Patient Expectations
Quick Take During exposure therapy, patients face their fears to build new, positive associations with situations they find threatening. Researchers may need to integrate competing theories of how exposure therapy works—including the inhibitory learning theory, the emotional processing theory, and...