Eating disorders and OCD can look strikingly similar on the surface. Understanding what drives the behavior is essential for ...

When obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders occur together, they often exacerbate each other in harmful ways. Typically, both conditions are treated simultaneously to address the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's certainly beneficial to eat healthy, but can eating 'clean' become an obsession? Some say it can. The bigger problem is the obesity epidemic, but for some people, we're ...

Symptoms of Pure O. Obsessive-compulsive disorder itself involves having reoccurring obsessions and behaviors (compulsions).

Body awareness obsessive-compulsive disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in which a person experiences a distressing preoccupation with their bodily processes or physical ...

Carol Mathews receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is a member of the scientific advisory boards for the Family Foundation for OCD Research and the International OCD Foundation ...