If you think compulsions are unpleasant and involuntary, you haven't kept up with modern conceptions of OCD, which find that ...

New research talks about a promising adjunctive treatment to help people to build a life that isn't run by OCD.

OCD is not merely a quirk or a preference for orderliness; it is a clinical disorder rooted in the brain's circuitry, particularly involving areas responsible for habit formation and fear response ...

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One moment I can speak coherently, develop plans for moving forward, and laugh even in recalling happy memories, then a second later be wailing from my core and clutching at my chest because the pain ...

People with relationship OCD, on the other hand—or R-OCD, a lesser-known subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder—can’t.

Dr. Michael Alcée encourages a more compassionate approach to OCD, one that honors creativity, emotional depth, and meaning rather than suppressing symptoms LOS ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The ...

A busy mom (who asked to remain anonymous) tells writer Alyssa Shelasky what it's like to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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