Hello, this is marubouzu.I perform checking behaviors for my obsessive-compulsive disorder every day.Today, I washed the ...

OCD is a mental health disorder characterized by unwanted, recurring thoughts and repetitive behaviors that can severely ...

It’s not such a surprise; the two mental health diagnoses have some overlap. For example, part of having OCD is experiencing ...

OCD, which affects 2% to 3% of Americans, is characterized by recurring thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors such as excessive hand washing and arranging objects in a precise way ...

After living with OCD since childhood, one writer reflects on how managing the disorder has shaped her creativity, empathy, ...

A two-decade cohort study finds that deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens and anterior internal capsule produced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hello, this is marubouzu.I perform checking behaviors for my obsessive-compulsive disorder every day.For about 10 days now, I ...

Howie Mandel and Rainn Wilson are sharing their struggles with OCD, explaining that it’s a “nightmare,” comparing the ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have identified substantial similarities in brain gene activity among people with eating ...