About two percent of people in the U.S. have OCD, an anxiety disorder that is still poorly understood and diagnosed. Dogs and people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have similar brain abnormalities (Ogata, N., et al., Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 45 (2013) 1–6), suggesting dogs may help doctors understand and treat human anxiety. What do you think about that? Check out my interview in this National Geographic article.
About two percent of people in the U.S. have OCD, an anxiety disorder that is still poorly understood and diagnosed. People with OCD often perform the same rituals repeatedly, disrupting their daily routines—for example, by washing hands or unlocking and relocking doors over and over again. Dogs with CCD show the same kind of detrimental repetitions, such as chasing their tails or licking their paws. Dogs and people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have similar brain abnormalities (Ogata, N., et al., Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 45 (2013) 1–6), suggesting dogs may help doctors understand and treat human anxiety. Check out my interview in this National Geographic article.
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