What Causes OCD: The Neuroscience and Psychology Behind It
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What Causes OCD: The Neuroscience and Psychology Behind It

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 12 July 2026 · View published page ↗

OCD is not about cleanliness or perfectionism. It is a stuck threat-detection circuit, CSTC loop hyperactivity that generates intrusive thoughts...

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six SSRIs (fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, sertraline, paroxetine, clomipramine…
+five SSRIs (fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, sertraline, paroxetine, escitalopram)
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Paul Rachman, Stanley Marks, and colleagues
+Stanley Rachman, Isaac Marks, and colleagues

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Removed clomipramine (a tricyclic, not an SSRI) from the SSRI count and corrected it to five; corrected the scrambled researcher names to Stanley Rachman and Isaac Marks. Verified fully applied in body; the separate 'Rachman and de Silva, 1978' citation appearing in body and FAQ is a distinct, legitimate reference and was not affected.

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