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If you've ever said, “I'm so OCD about that” — maybe when noting that you prefer your bedroom to be clean or get bothered when you see a crooked picture frame — I hate to break it to you, but you ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be an extremely incapacitating neuropsychiatric condition. The symptoms of people who ...

"Exposure Therapy/Exposure and Response Prevention." Anyone who does any reading about OCD comes across these terms all the time. Most people (including professionals) THINK that they know what ERP is ...

Graeme Currie was just a teenager when he started suffering intrusive thoughts of harm and violence caused by a harrowing ...

A recent Cambridge University-led study found evidence that a new app that lets patients watch a video of themselves washing their hands or touching a dirty object could be key to improving obsessive ...

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 ...

Q I'm getting worried about my 13-year-old. He was always fussy enough, but now he's washing his hands a lot and he's trying to avoid touching things, even in his own room. He has been very stressed ...

OCD and Intolerance of Uncertainty: Why the Need for Certainty Fuels CompulsionsObsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is ...

Summary: Researchers have identified the causal circuits of OCD for the first time. Rather than relying on traditional ...