When compulsions feel protective, OCD treatment gets harder. Here's the neuroscience behind why trauma makes OCD feel so much more convincing.

A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. OCD is an ...

If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you tune into the world at a different frequency. You wonder which doors are clean enough to touch, which thoughts are pure enough to think, when your ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental health condition that involves obsessions, compulsions, or both. Treatment typically includes psychotherapy and medication. In the United States ...

Marking a substantial advancement in understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), researchers from Zhejiang University School of Medicine have revealed key connections between clinical ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain stimulation therapies. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the ...

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 ...

California Teen Center has expanded access to its specialized OCD treatments for teenagers, offering both in-person and ...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that feel real. The brain processes ...

Around 2% of the population struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD. That's roughly 163 million people who go through cycles of obsessions – unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges – ...

It has become common for dogs to be used for a variety of behavioral health solutions, including those like post-traumatic stress disorder, for instance. But at the University of Colorado Anschutz ...