One woman's journey from OCD to empowerment through comedy, offering hope and humor to others facing mental health challenges ...

Although obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be treated, research has shown that people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. Many struggle to achieve ...

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

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

Persistent news coverage of school shootings can take a significant toll on teenagers' mental health, according to a new ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can affect children and adults. Obsessive thoughts are difficult to spot, but compulsive behaviors are usually more obvious. OCD often develops between the ages ...

Exposure response prevention with or without an SSRI should be the first-line treatment for OCD. Researchers identified the most effective screening tools and treatment options for children with ...

They might be inappropriate, such as about family members or children, or involve aggression. Having these thoughts doesn't mean you actually want to act on them. Identity-based OCD symptoms You ...

Most (65.6%) were women. Four studies included children and adolescents, and 23 trials included adults. Most studies assessed OCD; two trials were about trichotillomania and two studied skin ...

Around 10% of all children and adolescents with cancer have CPS. There are also disease-causing gene variants that arise during embryonic development and can lead to cancer in the course of life.