These thoughts and behaviors have a big impact on your life. ... Obsessive-compulsive disorder differs from person to person. People with OCD can fall in love and have happy, ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) impacts approximately 2% of the global population, often preventing individuals from ...

DBS for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) achieves clinical benefit in 66% of treatment-resistant patients. However, there is still a lack of a fundamental understanding of the neurophysiological ...

Researchers have identified connections between obsessive thoughts about relationships, emotional closeness, and habits like ...

In the most severe cases, obsessive-compulsive behaviors can dominate many or all of a person’s waking hours. Looking back, my parents think the first signs of my emerging OCD appeared in ...

My daughter has compulsive tendencies but also oppositional behavior, meaning we fight efforts to help her. What strategies might we use to help her stop despite her fighting us? —A concerned ...

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