Caitlin Moran's personal essay "I Know Why the Fat Lady Sings," calls compulsive overeating "the most pointlessly secret of miseries" for women. Her words continue to make the Facebook, Twitter, and ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means.

Girls who overeat as preschoolers are more likely to develop anxiety, impulsivity and hyperactivity when they grow into ...

The U.S. is in the middle of an increasing obesity epidemic (Temple, 2022) and compulsive, unhealthy overeating is arguably one of the most overlooked, complex, and challenging behaviors driving it.

Compulsive behaviors are actions that are engaged in repeatedly and consistently, despite the fact that they are experienced as aversive or troubling. Yet treatment can help to manage or overcome ...

Around 2% of the population struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD. That's roughly 163 million people who go through cycles of obsessions – unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges – ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The compulsion for either food or drugs emerges from the same neural ...

A study tracking more than 2,000 Quebec children found that girls who regularly overate in the preschool years were more ...

A new study provides the first direct evidence that experiencing acute trauma can cause the onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder or make existing symptoms worse. Following the October 7th attacks in ...

It has become common for dogs to be used for a variety of behavioral health solutions, including those like post-traumatic stress disorder, for instance. But at the University of Colorado Anschutz ...