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.

Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can involve high anxiety levels, doctors no longer classify it as an anxiety disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly misunderstood ...

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 ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a fairly common mental health condition. It can involve obsessions and rituals that may affect a person’s daily life. OCD typically involves reoccurring and ...

Luke Combs is lifting the veil on his lifelong battle with a “particularly wicked” form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The country music star recently opened up about his battle with Pure ...

Life with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be incredibly challenging. For people with OCD, the condition is much more than ordinary worries its a serious mental health condition that involves ...

If you have ever colour-coded your wardrobe, wiped the kitchen slabs repeatedly just because a speck of dust exists, or straightened a slightly off-centre painting on the wall, someone has probably ...

People with eating disorders often describe their thoughts as obsessive and their behaviors as ritualistic, or say that their brain just will not stop. Some wonder if what they are experiencing is OCD ...

A scoping review of seven studies plus one abstract identified menopause-associated OCD onset in 5% of women reporting onset and symptom worsening in 27% of those reporting change. Reproductive ...