Life and relationships are challenging enough but if you live with or love someone diagnosed with OCD it can be even more ...
Navigating obsessive-compulsive disorder hasn’t been easy for former Nickelodeon host Marc Summers. The television personality, 72, tells Page Six in an exclusive interview that the condition, from ...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is best thought of as a disorder of executive function, skills we use to organize and plan our lives. One important ...
You might think statements like this will normalize what your friend is feeling, but Fedrick tells us they’re actually hurtful and damaging. “The first concern with this type of statement is that ‘OCD ...
Scientists have identified the first brainwave biomarkers for OCD, opening the door to personalized, on-demand brain stimulation that targets distressing compulsive behaviors as they arise.
OCD triggers can cause a flare-up of your symptoms. Yours will be related to both the type of OCD you have along with your past experiences and traumas. Obsessions are the unwanted and intrusive ...
When someone likes things just so or always seems to have their home in perfect condition, others may say “he is so OCD.” But OCD — obsessive-compulsive disorder — isn’t a nifty personality trait of ...
Although it’s not entirely clear what causes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), neuroimaging studies suggest that people with the condition have distinct differences in their brain structure and ...
With obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), certain thoughts can compel a person to perform cleaning rituals or behaviors in order to prevent a consequence they dread. Specific thoughts, known as ...
Religious OCD, or scrupulosity, is a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) where a person experiences obsessions and compulsions that fixate on religion or morality. Treatment can involve ...
Exclusively focused on mental health issues, Bonmente treats a myriad of psychiatric conditions including anxiety, depression, ADHD, sleep disorders, postpartum depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, ...
A new genetic study of more than 50,000 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases has linked around 250 genes to the condition, including more than two dozen identified as likely causal, in about 30 ...