Where in the brain do OCD, Tics, Stims and Anxiety come from?

So many children are currently being diagnosed with Anxiety, OCD, Motor tics and other hyperkinetic behaviors. In this new episode Dr. Melillo and Dr. Scire expand on prior conversations about the right and left hemisphere’s specialization. They discuss specific pathways within each hemisphere and how they are responsible for these various symptoms.

Key Points:

• The Platform of Behavior: Approach and Avoidance
• Review of Right and Left hemisphere Emotions
• Early Development of the Right Hemisphere
• Review of Basal Ganglia Pathways and how they influence human motor, cognitive and emotional functions.
• Discussion of the 5 major frontal-striatal brain circuitry
• Right and left hemisphere personalities
• Case Review of teenager with motor tics and hyperactive immune responses.