Maternal health during pregnancy plays a major role in shaping health and disease risks in
the offspring. The maternal immune activation hypothesis proposes that inflammatory …

Inflammation is increasingly recognized as a cause or consequence of common problems of
humanity including obesity, stress, depression, pollution and disease states such as …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly disabling mental illness that can be
divided into frequent primary and rarer organic secondary forms. Its association with …

In this position statement, developed by The International College of Obsessive-Compulsive
Spectrum Disorders, a group of international experts responds to recent developments in the …

Purpose There is a growing amount of evidence to suggest that inflammation may have a
role in the onset and prognosis of psychiatric disorders. We reviewed the literature of studies …

Serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) medications are well established as first-line
pharmacotherapeutic treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). However …

Abstract Purpose of Review Here, we propose to review the immuno-inflammatory
hypothesis in OCD given the concurrent incidence of autoimmune comorbidities, infectious …

Importance Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common and often debilitating
psychiatric illness. Recent advances in the understanding of the neuroscience of OCD have …

There appear to be two peaks of incidence of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), one
with a pre-adolescent onset and another in early adulthood. As new cases are added, the …

Importance Maternal autoimmune disease has been associated with increased risk of
neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, but few studies have assessed the association …