From the outside, OCD can look like (and feel like!) an attempt to control others. But actually, it's the person with OCD who ...

For most people, the idea of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may flow from common comedic representations, such as the eponymous detective in the hit show Monk, who feels obliged to touch every ...

Understanding OCD OCD is a neurobiological disorder—not a personality quirk. It involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive ...

People with OCD don’t “choose” their thoughts or compulsions. Telling someone to “just get over it” is dismissive, harmful, ...

While most people would maybe silence their phone, scour WebMD, and move on, I couldn’t. (And this was pre-internet and cellphones, anyway!) I simply presented as a perfectionistic, high-achieving kid ...

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...

A major mental health event is coming to San Antonio during OCD Awareness Week, shining a spotlight on one of the nation’s most misunderstood – and undertreated – conditions. The third annual OCD ...