<p>This episode explores the brain space of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) with a creative journey through neuroanatomy and brain circuitry.  I try to make it much less boring than it sounds.  After listening to this episode, it is my goal that the listener will understand the complex interactions of the cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) circuit and have a fuller appreciating of how the brain decides what to do and how to do it.</p><p>Please leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com. References and readings (when available) are posted at the end of each episode transcript, located at psydactic.buzzsprout.com. All opinions expressed in this podcast are exclusively those of the person speaking and should not be confused with the opinions of anyone else. We reserve the right to be wrong. Nothing in this podcast should be treated as individual medical advice.</p>

OCD - Treatments

A resource for psychiatrists and other medical or behavioral health professionals interested in exploring the neuroscientific basis of psychiatric disorders, psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, and other psychiatric interventions, as well as discussions of pseudoscience, Bayesian reasoning, ethics, the history of psychiatry, and human psychology in general.This podcast is not medical advice.&nbsp; It strives to be science communication.&nbsp; Dr. O'Leary is a skeptical thinker who often questions what we think we know.&nbsp; He hopes to open more conversations about what we don't know we don't know.Find transcripts with show-notes and references on each episodes dedicated page at psydactic.buzzsprout.com.You can leave feedback at https://www.psydactic.com.The visual companions, when available, can be found at https://youtube.com/@PsyDactic.