The Mayo Clinic defines obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as: “Unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead you to do repetitive behaviors (compulsions).” OCD is a form of anxiety disorder ...

October 9-15, 2022, is recognized as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week, an occasion first launched in 2009 by the International OCD Association. When we think about OCD or any mental ...

Jan. 29 -- Becky, a schoolteacher, is frightened of contamination from cleaning products. Lee, a chiropractor, fears accidentally bumping into things, and can't walk past a mirror without turning back ...

Six. That's my allotment of pieces of gum for the day, not because of calories, but because that's the arbitrary number I decided on at some point in time. Sometimes it's less than six but rarely ever ...

Obsessive fans are blurring the lines of their relationships with celebrities, putting individuals at risk of harm.

Rates of anxiety and OCD have increased significantly in children and adolescents. Can cognitive control help kids be less anxious and grow out of OCD? Dr. Fitzgerald’s clinical and research expertise ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a brain circuit that can drive repetitive and compulsive ...

Maybe you’ve noticed your child doing repetitive behaviors or being overly concerned with safety—and wondered if it’s more than a personality quirk. Because obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can ...

Knowing exactly what you want can be considered a good thing. Having a vision of what your future is like is comforting, after all. But micromanaging every detail of... well, everything can get ...