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Psychiatry JIPMER 2019 1e20031d

A child with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) undergoes imaging of brain. Which of the following structures is likely to show atrophy?

A
Putamen
B
Cerebellum
C
Caudate nucleus
D
Globus pallidus
High-Yield Explanation
Solutions: - Neuroanatomical Structures Involved in OCD Orbitofrontal Coex Caudate (which is a pa of Basal Ganglia) Thalamus Extra edge: Other impoant Brain areas and associated psychiatric disorders : Psychiatric Disorders Brain Areas involved 1. Anxiety disorders Locus ceruleus Raphe nucleus Caudate nucleus Temporal coex Frontal coex 2. Depression Damage to the left frontal lobe 3. Alzheimer's disease Hippocampus

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