A photography exhibit at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus features photos by a man who had obsessive compulsive ...

Cognitive behavioural therapy may help her to cope with her anxiety and learn that she doesn’t need to respond to intrusive thoughts ...

WHEN Molly Lambert opened up about her intrusive thoughts about harming children, she expected to be ripped apart by haters.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe and disabling disorder characterized by intrusive disturbing thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors to deal with these thoughts (compulsions).

OCD, which affects 2% to 3% of Americans, is characterized by recurring thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors such as excessive hand washing and arranging objects in a precise way ...

Her book about obsessive-compulsive disorder, written in an engaging style for nonscientific readers, clarified that the condition was far more common than generally thought, affecting some 1% to 3% ...

A single psilocybin session reduced OCD symptoms within days in resistant patients, with benefits lasting for weeks.

New Zealand trial results have been successful, offering hope for some 100,000 sufferers.

For Halima Flynt, pottery is more than a creative outlet.

Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder. By Trip Gabriel Dr. Judith L. Rapoport ...

Samuel Johnson, the 18th-century man of letters, may have suffered from it, counting steps as he walked through the streets ...