A busy mom (who asked to remain anonymous) tells writer Alyssa Shelasky what it's like to live with obsessive-compulsive ...

A social worker living with OCD explains how the condition shapes his practice and helps him connect with young people ...

Intrusive thoughts are some of the most personal and agonizing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Thanks to OCD, just one single unpleasant thought or image—violent, sexual, obscene, ...

People often told Elona Washington, a publisher from the Nashville area, that she “acted like she had OCD.” She would panic ...

With OCD, control is a defensive attempt to manage internal anxiety. It usually doesn’t involve intentional efforts to control other people. OCPD, on the other hand, can involve controlling behaviors.

Let's turn OCD treatment on its head, and try something new. Instead of Desensitizing, Lean Into Your Sensitivity The most popular OCD treatment, exposure-response ...

Many of us have wild thoughts that pop into our heads out of nowhere. But what if those thoughts were harmful and seemed to want to destroy good things in your life? And what if they happened all of ...

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can track complex tasks, but it’s harder to switch between them. Their brains ...

Researchers find that OCD brains recruit more regions to perform simple sequences, revealing new targets for TMS therapy and symptom assessment.