Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition that involves repetitive thoughts and behaviors. If you have OCD, you might also experience tics or disruptive involuntary sounds or ...

People often told Elona Washington, a publisher from the Nashville area, that she “acted like she had OCD.” She would panic ...

OCD can make daily life overwhelming for children, but a supportive home environment can make a significant difference. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition consisting of ...

People with sexual OCD may experience distressing or disturbing intrusive sexual thoughts that cause stress in day-to-day life. Therapy and other treatments can help manage symptoms. When someone has ...

If you’ve seen a TikTok recently hashtagged “#intrusivethoughts” or one that uses the phrase “the intrusive thoughts won,” you may think that intrusive thoughts are impulsive urges to do funny, quirky ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition that involves difficulty managing thoughts and behaviors. Severe OCD symptoms are long-term, do not respond well to treatment, and ...

Tormented by repetitive thoughts, there are few conditions I have seen cause the level of suffering that obsessive-compulsive disorder can. While the media caricature of OCD involves ...

As parents, we naturally worry when our children exhibit behaviors that seem unusual or obsessive. We recently had a mother asking about her 10-year-old son who insists on wearing certain outfits on ...