When my therapist suggested decluttering might ease my anxiety and OCD symptoms, I was skeptical. I decided to try it and started looking for a method that might help me with the process. It became ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

Medically reviewed by Kathleen Daly, MD Key Takeaways People with OCPD have a strong need for orderliness and ...

A new study reveals that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during ...

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 ...

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental health condition that involves obsessions, compulsions, or both. Treatment typically includes psychotherapy and medication. In the United States ...

I've been counting since I can remember. Balancing, blinking, scanning for cracks to step on with my right foot whenever my left foot accidentally landed on one. The feeling of something, anything, ...