| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder has already revealed | | | | which is more commonly known as MRI or pet |
| itself during the era when the science of psychology is | | | | scanner. |
| not yet very much advanced. This bred to numerous | | | | While the modern findings about the origins of the brain |
| assumptions regarding many disorders involving the | | | | malfunction have been established, still experts do not |
| mind, amongst which is OCD. During this period, OCD is | | | | know how the patterns of structural and biochemical |
| thought to be a mental condition developed during the | | | | abnormalities relate to the actual mechanism of how |
| formative years of a person. For example, if the | | | | OCD manifest itself to the lives of the sufferers. What |
| person in question has an obsession to neatness and | | | | experts know is that an abnormal activity happens, but |
| cleanliness, it was assumed that the person grew up in | | | | the specifics of this activity - still unknown. Moreover, |
| a family which values cleanliness and neatness and | | | | the abnormality is yet to be gauged if it indeed is |
| children lived with the same value system. Others | | | | sufficient to deviate the rational mind from the |
| argue that this is a result of a trauma to certain life | | | | so-called norms of the human psyche. |
| experiences or abuses inflicted to the OCD sufferer. | | | | Other researches suggesting that the origin of OCD is |
| Some theories even extend to assuming the OCD is a | | | | genetics are also making noise in the OCD world of |
| result of a pre-birth biological disposition which is | | | | studies. Several laboratory experiments have been |
| concretized by an experience or by a decision. | | | | conducted in order to establish a more precise link |
| However, over the years, OCD has been understood | | | | between genetics and OCD, however, one bitter truth |
| differently. Over the century, it was found out that | | | | remains, while science is getting closer to fully |
| OCD is a result of an abnormal structure and | | | | uncovering the secrets of OCD, the more that it |
| chemistry in the brain. Biochemical imbalances cause | | | | becomes clearer as well, that OCD is more complex |
| the neurotransmitters of the brain to send distorted | | | | than how it is viewed today. |
| signals which in turn the brain interprets are something | | | | Nonetheless, despite the many theories and the many |
| that is not. From the "false" signals sent by the | | | | commonalities amongst these theories, the |
| neurotransmitters, obsessions are developed which in | | | | psycho-medical world is not stopping in finding for |
| the long run become compulsions and eventually, OCD | | | | ways to treat, if not cure and prevent OCD. |
| rituals. This theory is later supported by brain imaging | | | | Treatments such as the use of medicines, mind |
| which shows irregular brain patterns in areas where | | | | therapies, hypnosis, gadgets and the like has been |
| irregularities also appear for other brain-related | | | | continually developed and improved to help those |
| disorders such as schizophrenia. Brain imaging is made | | | | people having OCD while no absolute cure has been |
| possible by scanning the brain using magnetic | | | | found just yet. |
| resonance imaging and positron emission tomography | | | | |