While working at the NIH, she wrote “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” a groundbreaking study of OCD. She also researched ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.

With OCD, control is a defensive attempt to manage internal anxiety. It usually doesn’t involve intentional efforts to control other people. OCPD, on the other hand, can involve controlling behaviors.

When Stephen Smith started NOCD 11 years ago, he wanted to build an app for people like himself—one of the 8.2 million Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)—to track their symptoms and ...

When Adrian Monk’s therapist goes on vacation, he tells his troubles to a man who is comatose. Ironically, talking to the guy in the coma will probably do Monk as much good as the therapist. Monk, the ...

MADISON, Wis. (WKOW) — Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects up to 10 million Americans, according to the International OCD Foundation. Experts say the disorder can manifest in ways beyond the common ...

New research suggests transcranial electrical stimulation could reduce obsessive–compulsive disorder symptoms. Discover more.

A scoping review of seven studies plus one abstract identified menopause-associated OCD onset in 5% of women reporting onset ...

OCD can interfere with daily life in ways that may qualify it as a disability under Social Security rules. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be considered a disability, depending on its severity ...