Treatment-resistant OCD occurs when standard therapies do not provide adequate relief from obsessive-compulsive symptoms. While many people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) improve ...

Making sure a stovetop isn’t left on or readjusting an askew picture frame is often a natural response when something feels off. Yet, for over two million Americans living with obsessive-compulsive ...

While it’s tempting to use that phrase to describe a neatnik friend or someone who likes to have everything just so, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious mental illness. It brings chronic ...

In recent reviews, psychiatrist Dr. Leonardo Fontenelle and colleagues describe how obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, still leaves an estimated 698 people out of every 100,000 living with ...

In recent years, there has been a notable increase in clinical and scientific focus on relationship OCD (ROCD). As a distinctive manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), ROCD centers on ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, ...

As a teenager, Elizabeth McIngvale learned to live with her obsessive compulsive disorder through treatment. Now she’s helping others find the same freedom — and retake control of their lives.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic medical condition, not a personal choice or a moral failing. Loved ones who want to be supportive must be mindful of the profound effects OCD can have ...

A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The findings could help inform new ways in which ...