Trying to control others by imposing rigid rules, demanding conformity, micromanaging tasks, or punishing deviation is more ...

Discover 40 soothing wellness gifts for people with OCD. See therapist-recommended mindfulness gifts that go beyond the ...

A new scientific review suggests that OCD could be divided into five biological subtypes, revealing key clues for its ...

Stephen King's chilling novella N. (published in Just Before Sunset collection) details a kind of communicable form OCD that keeps the world from ending.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a brain circuit that can drive repetitive and compulsive behaviors in mice, even when natural rewards such as food or social contact are ...

There is a growing need for widely available, cost-effective, and low-intensity treatments for OCD. Although cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) is often the first line of treatment, barriers to ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging mental health conditions to treat effectively. That makes any fresh insight into ...

A new genetic study of more than 50,000 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases has linked around 250 genes to the condition, including more than two dozen identified as likely causal, in about 30 ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a disorder that involves rumination, can lead to paranoid thoughts and paranoia. OCD occurs when a person experiences a cycle of obsessive thoughts and urges ...

When my daughter was young, she washed her hands a lot. We might have poked what we thought was gentle fun at her, saying she was “a little bit OCD”. Later, she began to disclose “bad thoughts”, which ...