You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may develop during childhood. But OCD in children may be challenging to recognize because their behaviors may be mistaken for a part of typical development. Share ...

Healthcare professionals outline that OCD can affect a significant portion of the time of people who are experiencing this ...

Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts, and most people can brush them off without a worry. But what happens when those intrusive thoughts become inescapable?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It causes a person to have intrusive, distressing thoughts, which they manage using compulsive behaviors. For example, a person, who fixates ...

Life with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be incredibly challenging. For people with OCD, the condition is much more than ordinary worries its a serious mental health condition that involves ...

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 ...

Eva Surawy Stepney receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH). Readers are advised that this article contains ...

On the surface, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders might not seem like they have much in common. But both involve distressing thoughts and emotions that can drive repetitive or ...

Our thoughts are often mysterious to us. You probably don't know why you suddenly think about a Komodo dragon while sitting in traffic or Citizen Kane while shopping for groceries. Such moments remind ...