Like most neurosurgeries, this type of surgery to treat OCD can be effective. However, it has the potential to cause unintentional side effects that can dramatically alter a person's brain, sometimes permanently. Therefore, some researchers have worked on longitudinal studies to see what effect this surgery has on patient's quality of life.

Long-Term Effect of Neurosurgery to treat OCD

- Cingulotomy is surgery for severe OCD. Cingulotomy is a surgical disruption of circuits in the cingulate cortex
- 1/3 of people benefited from this surgery


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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Medications
- Neurosurgery

Treatments of OCD

Neurosurgery is a term used to refer to surgical procedures involving the nervous system. Some specific surgeries of this type are able to treat psychological illnesses.

Neurosurgery

Breedlove, S. & Watson, N. (2017). Behavioral neuroscience, eighth edition. Oxford University Press.

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