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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Mental disorders are disorders of the brain

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, November 17th, 2007

Depression, anxiety disorders such as panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorders, alcohol and drug dependence, dementia and Parkinson’s disease are just a few examples of "disorders of the brain". „The size, the burden and cost of brain disorders in the EU is immense, and has so far been underestimated", as Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Wittchen emphasized at the Official Press Conference to the 20th ECNP Congress for Neuropsychopharmacology in Vienna (October 13-17, 2007). This week over 6000 psychiatrists, neurologists, psychologists and neuroscience researchers and practitioners from all over the world join in Vienna at the 20th ECNP Congress to present and discuss the latest...

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