Everyone experiences intrusive thoughts, and most people can brush them off without a worry. But what happens when those ...

Some days are a struggle for Jason. Occasionally certain thoughts get trapped inside his mind, causing the 14-year-old to worry that something bad will happen to him. These worried thoughts prohibit ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.

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 ...

A common belief is that compulsive behaviors trap people in a “habit loop” that takes over self-control. New research, however, suggests this explanation may be incomplete. For many years, compulsive ...

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 ...

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the most disabling of all psychiatric illnesses. Despite available pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments about 10% of patients remain ...

High-frequency deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS) may offer new hope for patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), new research suggests. Results of a 6-week, ...

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).