People with obsessive-compulsive disorder may realize that their actions are illogical or excessive, but at the same time ...

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.

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 ...

(Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) The prenatal to postnatal development of our brains involves a complex ...

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.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have identified substantial similarities in brain gene activity among people with eating ...

Around 2% of the population struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD. That's roughly 163 million people who go through cycles of obsessions – unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges – ...

OCD can be divided into several subtypes, including contamination, harm, and hoarding. Hoarding disorder is now recognized as a separate diagnosis from OCD. OCD is treatable with a combination of ...

Moral scrupulosity OCD can fuel guilt, rumination, and reassurance-seeking. One writer shares how it affects relationships and self-worth.

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 ...