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Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness

Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.

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ocd or thyroid

by amayah, Aug 12, 2001 12:00AM

Tags: Thyroid, mental, Health, compulsive disorder, Mental Health, family, hyperthyroidism

HI-i have ocd -it does not run in m family -however hyperthyroidism does .I was wondering if their can be any connection w/ the 2-thank you

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by Roger Gould, M.D.

, Aug 13, 2001 12:00AM

There is no reports about such a connection.

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