OCD Insights From An Unlikely Model
Experts believe almost three percent of all Americans suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. But the difference between a neurotic compulsion and mental disorder is a difficult distinction. According to new Tel Aviv (Israel) University research, the best way to understand and effectively treat OCD may be with videotape feedback based on animal models.
Though studying and videotaping animals, Professor David Eilam from the Department of Zoology at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Professor Haggai Hermesh, a psychiatrist from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and Rama Zor, a Ph.D. student, concluded that rituals performed by animals in captivity could give clues about OCD.
