No single fear defines the condition. There are familiar obsessions like washing your hands or checking the stove. But there’s also hoarding, hypochondria or a terrible fear you’re going to harm ...

Most of us will have intrusive thoughts at some point. Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney explains when you should seek help.

Rates of OCD have increased significantly over the past decade, according to new NHS data — though the reasons are more complex than they appear.

OCD often goes misdiagnosed and misunderstood … and if left untreated, can impact platonic, intimate and familial relationships in challenging ways. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a mental ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a disorder that involves rumination, can lead to paranoid thoughts and paranoia. OCD occurs when a person experiences a cycle of obsessive thoughts and urges ...

When the antibodies attach to these interneurons, they seem to lower the cells’ activity. This may cause changes in how the ...

In recent reviews, psychiatrist Dr. Leonardo Fontenelle and colleagues describe how obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, still leaves an estimated 698 people out of every 100,000 living with ...