The National Institute of Mental Health calls OCD a "common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder" that often interferes with ...

Researchers identified the most effective screening tools and treatment options for children with obsessive compulsive ...

Antipsychotic medications can help a person with bipolar disorder stabilize their moods, reduce agitation, and improve ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported a large effect of ...

High school student from The Hockaday School in Dallas writes about dealing with OCD and how damaging it is for teenagers to ...

Glutamatergic medications showed promise in treating obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs), especially obsessive ...

The most popular OCD treatment, exposure-response prevention, teaches you to desensitize yourself to the terror of whatever ...

Treatment for OCD can be delivered through outpatient therapy, via an intensive outpatient therapy program (IOP), or at a residential treatment center. Some people can also benefit from self-help in ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and other ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that affects about 1% of the US population. OCD is made up of two distinct symptoms: obsession and compulsions. Although rare, someone can ...