Some psychiatric medication enthusiasts are quick to dismiss therapy as a questionable intervention not necessarily more helpful or more transformative than talking to a good friend. With the great ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found signs of inflammation within the neuro-circuitry associated with adult obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The findings were reported June 21 in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The ...

Amanda Seyfried won’t let this difficult chapter slip through her fingers. In fact, she’s embracing this part of her mental health journey with open arms. The Mamma Mia! actor reflected on being ...

People with relationship OCD, on the other hand—or R-OCD, a lesser-known subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder—can’t.

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 ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery—there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is ...

Biologically speaking, there is no organ as vital or complex as the brain. And yet, the brain still remains somewhat a of a mystery-there’s a lot that even experts don’t know. Another troubling fact ...

Amanda Seyfried Details Getting Brain Scans Before "Extreme" OCD Diagnosis Amanda Seyfried spoke about getting brain scans before her “extreme” OCD diagnosis, how it shaped her early life choices, and ...