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 ...

“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...

Contamination OCD is a variation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD, which extends well beyond likability to keeping things clean. Although most people like clean environments, patients who have ...

A recent study from Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has identified a specific neural activity pattern as a novel biomarker to accurately predict and monitor the clinical ...

If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you tune into the world at a different frequency. You wonder which doors are clean enough to touch, which thoughts are pure enough to think, when your ...

Some diagnoses are no-brainers when it comes to treatment. Poll any therapist with a pulse and ask them the best intervention for OCD, and you’ll likely get the same answer: exposure-response ...

(CNN) — In the midst of his struggle, Luke Combs wants to help others. The superstar country singer talked to “60 Minutes Australia” about living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety. ...

TORONTO (CTV Network) — For those with obsessive-compulsive disorder, life is filled with rituals. Rima Youssef’s began when she was six years old and had to pick up any piece of paper or wrapper she ...