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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing. Years ago, a patient with ...

Carey Wilson receives funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. Thibault Renoir receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and ...

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience persistent or recurring thoughts that are disturbing and cause anxiety. People with OCD may try to cope with these intrusive thoughts through ...

Making sure a stovetop isn’t left on or readjusting an askew picture frame is often a natural response when something feels off. Yet, for over two million Americans living with obsessive-compulsive ...

Exposure and response prevention therapy, or ERP, has long been considered the gold-standard treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). ERP is in the family of cognitive-behavior therapy, or ...

My first job after I got my PhD was at an academic center that specialized in developing and testing treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. Every week we’d meet to discuss the clinical ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing. Years ago, a patient with severe OCD came to my office wearing gloves and a ...