Repetitive behaviours – such as tail-chasing – are more common among dogs belonging to first-time owners, those who live with larger families and those who exercise for less than one hour per day, ...

When a young child struggles with hair-pulling or skin-picking, it’s tempting to focus on stopping the behavior. But what if ...

In a recent Nature study, researchers discovered that Crym-expressing astrocytes in the central striatum play a key role in the manifestation of repetitive behaviors associated with many ...

Body-focused repetitive behaviors, or BFRBs, are a set of disorders categorized by self-grooming routines that essentially go awry. These include pulling, picking, biting, or scraping one's hair, skin ...

BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU STOP. IT HAS THIS SORT OF SOOTHING SENSATION IN DR. MICHELLE DE BLASI UNDERSTANDS THAT MAY SOUND ODD TO ANYONE WHO DOESN’T DO THIS OR THIS OR THIS. IT’S A WAY THAT ...

Chasing light shimmers reflected onto a wall. Obsessive licking or chewing. Compulsive barking and whining. Pacing or tail chasing. Nearly one in three pet dogs suffer from these ADHD-like repetitive ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age ...

Many people unconsciously engage in repetitive body behaviors like nail-biting or skin-picking, often triggered by stress or boredom. These actions provide temporary relief by offering sensory ...

Nail-biting, known medically as onychophagia, has long been considered a common habit, especially among children and teenagers. Yet doctors caution that the behaviour can be far more damaging than it ...

For years, the patient scrubbed her hands until they were raw, counted steps to the letter, obsessively searched her own name on Google, and even traced the sign of the cross on her chest, despite not ...