One woman's journey from OCD to empowerment through comedy, offering hope and humor to others facing mental health challenges ...

The National Institute of Mental Health calls OCD a "common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder" that often interferes with ...

While the exact causes of OCD are complex and multifaceted, research shows that trauma can act as a significant trigger, ...

The 29-year-old doinked in the game-winning field goal as time expired to send his Washington Commanders past the Tampa Bay ...

The thoughts and fears such people experience are unwanted, intrusive, and irrational, and usually trigger "intensely uncomfortable feelings," she says. What makes OCD even more debilitating is ...

Twenty-five years after her mother’s death, our writer reflects on how her parents’ undiagnosed mental illnesses shaped her ...

A Plus One student's death threat highlights the urgency of addressing children's behavioural problems. Learn about causes, ...

OCD has two central components. Obsessions are recurrent, intrusive thoughts, urges, or images that lead to distress and anxiety. Compulsions—repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed in ...

Obsessive thoughts are difficult to spot, but compulsive behaviors are usually more obvious. OCD often develops between the ages of 6 and 9 years. Children with OCD have intrusive thoughts or ...

When Zane Gonzalez kicked the game-winner for Washington last week, the NFL world saw his disorder, which he considers a "superpower." ...

Those obsessions can be described as “unwanted intrusive thoughts, urges and images ... clinical director of the National Anxiety and OCD Treatment Center in Washington, DC, said.

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