Background Anxiety disorders are persistent, functionally impairing conditions with high societal burden. In contrast, ...

New psychological research suggests that the drive for perfection may be the dangerous bridge connecting narcissism to obsessive-compulsive symptoms. A study published in the journal Personality and ...

Are hair-pulling and skin-picking disorders linked to deeper beliefs formed in childhood? This study found that early maladaptive schemas were common across trichotillomania, skin-picking and OCD, ...

Everybody has an occasional upsetting or shameful thought. For some people, the thoughts feel uncontrollable. It doesn't take long for someone to worry they're going "crazy" or wonder if they're just ...

Howie Mandel wasn’t diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) until his 40s, but he says the condition profoundly impacted his entire life. “I don’t remember not experiencing OCD,” the ...

The mention of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often conjures images of scrupulous organization and particularity — a picture of perfectionism. Some might also think of a fear of germs or ...

A systematic review published today in Psychedelics by Mr. James Gattuso and colleagues at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health synthesizes clinical and preclinical evidence on ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria ...

1 Department of Psychiatry, Aydın State Hospital, Aydin, Türkiye 2 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Türkiye Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is chronic and impairing. While OCD often involves fear of harm or bad events, many patients experience “sensory phenomena,” which are aversive sensory experiences ...

Beyond simple quirks and preferences, OCD creates a debilitating cycle of unwanted thoughts and ritualistic behaviors that can hijack everyday life. This mental health condition affects approximately ...