Overreliance on ChatGPT may worsen anxiety and OCD by reinforcing reassurance-seeking. People with these conditions may find ...

Cameron Mofid, 25, recently traveled to North Korea — making him one of few that have traveled to all 195 countries. Mofid ...

A new study suggests that certain gut bacteria may influence the risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Using Mendelian ...

OCD involves a set of obsessions and compulsions that causes great distress and affects people’s quality of life. Obsessions ...

Contamination OCD is one of the most common types of obsessive-compulsive disorder, affecting nearly half of people with OCD. This type involves intense fears about being contaminated by germs ...

A single dose of psilocybin combined with psychological support reduced anxiety and depression for 2 years in people with ...

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions.

Disturbing thoughts and social fixations are among the many manifestations of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Christina Caron When most people think of ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have linked rare “de novo” genetic mutations—copy number variants (CNVs)—to pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

The study compared data from patients and healthy individuals from Brazil, Canada, and the United States. The results help paint a clearer picture of how genetics influences the development of OCD.

Psychiatry scholars who helped create the gold-standard treatment for pediatric OCD are developing more innovative and ...