In the 1992 Studies Conducted by Baxter and Colleagues, Patients

question 72

Multiple Choice

In the 1992 studies conducted by Baxter and colleagues, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were provided with cognitive-behavioural therapy but no drugs.What important result did the brain imaging show?

• A)Neither OCD symptoms nor neurotransmitter function had improved.
• B)Neurotransmitter circuits are the direct and only cause of OCD.
• C)The patients' OCD symptoms improved without changes in neurotransmitter function.
• D)The neurotransmitter circuits of the brain had been normalized.

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