ABSTRACT
Disorder Responsive to Either Medication or Behavior Therapy Lewis R.Baxter, Jr.
University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of California, Los Angeles
Robert F.Ackermann University of Alabama at Birmingham
Neal R.Swerdlow University of California, San Diego
Arthur Brody Sanjaya Saxena
Jeffrey M.Schwartz University of California, Los Angeles
Jane M.Gregoritch University of Alabama at Birmingham
Paula Stoessel Michael E.Phelps
University of California, Los Angeles To date, the development of effective treatments for major psychiatric disorders has far exceeded our understanding of the neuropathophysiology underlying their symptomatic expression. Nevertheless, it is a firmly held tenet of modern medicine that a clear understanding of a disease’s physiological mediation will result in the most rapid advances in treatment. It is for this reason that we and several colleagues at a number of universities have been studying brain function in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions for many years.
