While OCD Awareness Month may have just ended, the focus of advocates remains on eradicating the stigma around the mental health condition. The National Institutes of Health estimates that 1.2% of ...

As health conditions go, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can feel pretty lonely. The thoughts that flit through your mind can seem silly. Or unreasonable. Or even scary. Hanging with someone who ...

Stereotypes and stigmas are very common in the world we live in today, especially when it comes to mental health conditions like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). People who experience OCD are ...

A pair of identical twins. The one on the right has OCD, while the one on the left does not. Brain Imaging Research Division, Wayne State University School of Medicine, CC BY-SA As a psychiatrist, I ...

Amanda Seyfried, the renowned actress known for her roles in Mamma Mia! and Mean Girls, has recently opened up about her long-standing battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In a candid ...

A Michigan doctor said the findings may help children to overcome their OCD. May 23, 2014— -- A Michigan doctor and his colleagues say they are beginning to be able to identify distinct subtypes ...

My bedroom doorknob will always hold a special place in my heart. After all, with just the right touch — wrist angled, palm pressed upward, skin digging into the incision of the lock — I could save ...

The actress was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was 19 years old ...

Millions of people in the United States deal with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- and it’s far more complex than how it’s portrayed in the media. While OCD is often joked about or characterized as ...

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions in the human genome associated with this debilitating yet ...

Amanda Seyfried says she still takes medication for ‘extreme’ OCD decades after diagnosis - Actor was diagnosed with OCD when ...