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.

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...

Stephen King's chilling novella N. (published in Just Before Sunset collection) details a kind of communicable form OCD that ...

Although obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be treated, research has shown that people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. Many struggle to achieve ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

Have you ever heard or said something like, “I am so OCD about my room,” or, “I am so OCD about sorting,” to describe your behavior? Comments about someone’s desires for organization or cleanliness ...

For this post, I had the privilege to interview Guy Doron and Danny Derby, pioneers in defining and studying Relationship OCD. ROCD is a specific type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in which ...

Glutamatergic drugs are associated with a significant improvement in symptoms of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs) compared with control treatments, a new review and meta-analysis ...

What is OCD? Maintaining cleanliness is a commendable practice, but when it becomes excessive and disrupts daily activities, ...

When survivors of the October 7th attacks returned to what was left of their homes, many carried with them more than grief or post-traumatic stress. A new study shows that the trauma also fueled an ...

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 – ...