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 ...

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught ...

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

Marking a substantial advancement in understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine have revealed key connections between clinical ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is a chronic condition characterised by recurrent persistent thoughts which usually co-occur with repetitive compulsive behaviour.

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.

My 14-year-old sister leaves her papers and schoolwork everywhere -- in the kitchen, the living room, even the hallway. Every ...

Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is now a recognized diagnosis in ICD-11, but what does that mean for treatment, ...

Lauren Carrigher first started experiencing postpartum intrusive thoughts just weeks after the birth of her daughter in ...