disorder

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Her first major contribution to the field of anxiety and fear-based disorders was in the 1970s and ’80s, with a therapy called exposure and response prevention that she used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

By analyzing around 25,000 sequences from people with schizophrenia and 100,000 from control subjects, the team identified 10 genes where mutations significantly increase the risk of developing the disorder.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead, investors flocked to actual gold in the past year amid global disorder, with the outlook for the yellow metal bullish even with prices recently slipping back.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He has a rare genetic disorder called Townes-Brocks syndrome, which caused him to be born with severe hearing loss.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Her son’s resistance to schoolwork was a mild disorder that many children go through, but his study of chess, an intellectual activity, was supplanting it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady