Animal Model Suggests Bacterial Origin for OCD

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from PsychCentral news:

 

http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/08/12/an...r-ocd/7699.html

 

A new study indicates that pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome or tic disorder may begin as a common bacterial throat infection. Researchers believe an errant immune response to the bacteria may trigger an autoimmune cascade. The mouse model findings are published online in this week's Molecular Psychiatry.