Program has OCD sufferers kick tires, jump in Dumpsters, touch toilet seats. Feb. 15, 2010 — -- Away from home for a conference, Faye Lange takes a minute before heading out for what she calls ...

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 mental health condition characterized by recurring obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. If you or someone you know is experiencing these symptoms, it ...

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes people to have recurrent unwanted or unreasonable thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or make them feel driven to do something repeatedly (compulsions).

Specific themes or dimensions are common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Some people may call these, subtypes or types of OCD. For example, contamination OCD or harm OCD. A diagnosis of OCD ...

A new study from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is changing the way scientists think about compulsive behaviors.

Imagine being late to all your appointments because getting out of your house entails so many time-consuming rituals that you’re spending an hour repeatedly going back to your house to make sure the ...

This umbrella review synthesised five meta-analyses to estimate the reported prevalence of orthorexia nervosa and examine its ...

Young adults are most at risk of suffering from mental disorders in Singapore, the latest Singapore Mental Health Study found ...

OCD can interfere with daily life in ways that may qualify it as a disability under Social Security rules. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be considered a disability, depending on its severity ...