The holidays can exacerbate symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder but new research into its causes is leading to greater ...

Researchers from Yale University have discovered a potential cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children, ...

global research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has expanded dramatically. This article evaluates what changes may be needed to enhance the scientific validity, clinical utility, and global ...

You can find more information about ‘Hearing Voices’ by clicking here. Depending on symptoms, hoarding can sometimes be diagnosed as OCD. This is likely to happen if your hoarding is obsessive. But ...

Polydipsia is a condition characterised by excessive thirst and an abnormal increase in water intake Heres what you should ...

A new study supports previous research that exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder is effective, ...

[7] A second study found that patients with OCD reported more symptoms of schizotypal disorder than patients with depression, but less so than patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

For Millennials and Gen Z, "OCD" might seem like a trendy buzzword for an obsession with cleanliness. But hold on—there's so ...

The most popular OCD treatment, exposure-response prevention, teaches you to desensitize yourself to the terror of whatever ...

This study included two samples: non-psychotic patients diagnosed with OCD (n = 133) and a general non-psychotic psychiatric outpatient group (n = 110). Participants with psychotic disorder ...

A Sterling, Virginia mother Joey Batialle’s once-typically developing son became a frustrated and anxious 5-year-old, ...

The ventral striatum is important in action selection, and receives inputs from the medial OFC that signal various aspects of value for stimulus association outcomes. By assigning abnormal values to ...