OCD treatment usually involves a combination of medication and exposure and response prevention therapy to control obsessions ...

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 make ...

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, published ...

Though researchers have not been able to locate a specific gene associated with OCD, there is evidence that OCD may run in families.

All forms of anxiety induce either a desire to control and/or avoid. We either seek to evade the source (internal or external ...

Not all perfectionism is the same. Discover the two hidden forces that drive it—and how understanding your type can help you ...

Anorexia and OCD are disorders that interconnect, often driven by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are two distinct mental health ...

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