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 ...

Used informally, "obsessive-compulsive" is often slang for perfectionism or meticulous attention to detail. So are people with OCD simply meticulous perfectionists? As a psychiatric disorder, OCD is ...

Thröstur Björgvinsson, a psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, is a board member of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, which is holding its 14th annual conference in The Woodlands this weekend.

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

What if your endless questions about life, death, and reality aren’t a sign you’re “losing it,” but a specific, treatable ...

The root causes of OCD are multifaceted, involving a complex interplay of genetic, neurological, environmental, cognitive, ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic medical condition, not a personal choice or a moral failing. Loved ones who want to be supportive must be mindful of the profound effects OCD can have ...

Philadelphia — Emily Becker-Haimes' son had just turned 5 years old when she and her husband began to realize his fear of bugs or his request specifically for "five hugs" felt different. "Was this ...

Here's a thought experiment: don't think about a panda. Did it work? Or are you thinking about a panda? I'm assuming, now that you've read the word panda for the third time, that you're thinking about ...

Many of us have wild thoughts that pop into our heads out of nowhere. But what if those thoughts were harmful and seemed to want to destroy good things in your life? And what if they happened all of ...

Luke Combs is lifting the veil on his lifelong battle with a “particularly wicked” form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The country music star recently opened up about his battle with Pure ...