Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental health condition that involves obsessions, compulsions, or both. Treatment typically includes psychotherapy and medication. In the United States ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by recurring obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. If you or someone you know is experiencing these symptoms, it ...

Having obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) isn’t easy. The condition, marked by uncontrollable thoughts and behaviors, strikes about 2% of the general population—a figure that in the U.S. alone means ...

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

Contamination OCD is a variation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD, which extends well beyond likability to keeping things clean. Although most people like clean environments, patients who have ...

A scoping review of seven studies plus one abstract identified menopause-associated OCD onset in 5% of women reporting onset ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe and disabling disorder characterized by intrusive disturbing thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors to deal with these thoughts (compulsions).

A recent Cambridge University-led study found evidence that a new app that lets patients watch a video of themselves washing their hands or touching a dirty object could be key to improving obsessive ...

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...