OCD wants you to feel stuck in your rituals. It shows up when you least want it to, disrupting your activities, intruding on your thoughts, and making you acutely aware of its presence. It can ...

These biomarkers are patterns of brain activity present in people with OCD when they're acting compulsively, and which don't ...

A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ...

OCD involves distressing obsessions and compulsions that cause significant disruption in daily life. On the other hand, OCPD involves enduring personality traits, such as perfectionism and control ...

OCD is a type of anxiety disorder where a person experiences recurring obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. These obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts or urges, while compulsions ...

Elizabeth McIngvale-Cegelski, Ph.D., LMSW, was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder as a child. In an effort to help those living with OCD and other illnesses, McIngvale-Cegelski made it ...

Each has been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, an illness that affects as many as 3.3 million adults and about 1 million children every year.

Anorexia and OCD are both mental health disorders with similar characteristics, such as anxiety, rigid thinking patterns, and an overwhelming need for control. Read more.