Without proper identification and effective treatment, obsessive compulsive disorder can be deadly.

"I get severely depressed because no one wants to think of their children dying," she says, of the intrusive thoughts that routinely shatter the joys of family life. "It's something [most people] ...

People often associate OCD with cleaning, but, for me, it has always been about intrusive thoughts and compulsions.

In a new 'Rolling Stone' cover story interview, Kahan reflected on getting diagnosed with OCD while making his new album, ...

Here’s what experts recommend you should do if the signs of moral OCD sound familiar.

Within the past decade, there has been growing acknowledgement and understanding of what is called relationship OCD, or ROCD ...

The term “intrusive thoughts” has become common parlance from mental health creators on social media such as TikTok, and people have resonated with it. In psychiatry, we don’t usually talk about ...

After the birth of her son during lockdown, the Welsh actor was flooded by disturbing thoughts she couldn’t shake, a plunge into darkness and isolation. She discusses how it changed her and what helpe ...

SPLASHING in the waves, the sun beating down on her, Daniella Arenare was struck suddenly by a gripping fear and very ...

Molly Lambert didn't realise that she had a debilitating health condition which made her wrongly believe that she was a ...

Colloquially, OCD is known as the doubting disorder. In his new book “How to Not Know,” Simone Stolzoff explores whether ...