Stereotypes about anorexia nervosa can make it hard to tell if you or a loved one is showing signs of this disorder. Find out ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition where a person experience repeated unwanted thoughts or ...

Hadas Lederer shares how posting about OCD on TikTok helped her connect with others, challenge stigma and build an online support group.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have identified substantial similarities in brain gene activity among people with eating ...

Compulsive sexual behavior is a failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges, resulting in sexual behavior that causes marked distress or impairment. Studies on compulsive sexual ...

Nearly 1 in 5 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) had comorbid obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) in a new study, which was linked to a longer delay in treatment initiation ...

A single dose of psilocybin – the active ingredient in magic mushrooms – produces rapid reductions in symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to the first placebo-controlled trial ...

The actress was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was 19 years old Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. Gilbert ...

Mackenzie Reed was 21 years old when obsessive compulsive disorder took over her life near the end of 2019. The registered nurse went from graduating nursing school during the height of the COVID-19 ...

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.

It’s easy to unintentionally say something that hurts your loved one with OCD more than it helps, even if you mean well. Here’s how to avoid that. Life with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be ...