Healio (7/19, Demko) reports that “heightened performance monitoring evident in early childhood was associated with the onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder during adolescence and smaller right dorsal anterior cingulate cortex volume,” researchers concluded in a 292-child study that also involved magnetic resonance imaging among some of the participants. The findings were published online July 18 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Heightened performance monitoring in early childhood linked to OCD,”Savannah Demko, Healio, July 19, 2018.