OCD is an anxiety-based disorder that can negatively impact students' lives, and ASU offers tools and support to help ...

In Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), individuals experience obsessions that arise repeatedly against their will, and ...

I worry about whether I locked the door, so I keep going back home to check.I washed my hands, but I feel like they are still ...

Our thoughts are often mysterious to us. You probably don't know why you suddenly think about a Komodo dragon while sitting in traffic or Citizen Kane while shopping for groceries. Such moments remind ...

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 ...

The two conditions require completely different treatment ...

Compulsively counting objects or actions is a common symptom of OCD. Exposure therapy can help you develop coping mechanisms when you encounter triggers. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught ...

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

The two share their experience living with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which both call a ‘nightmare’, in PEOPLE’s exclusive preview of their appearance on the ‘NOCD Podcast’ ...

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.