A woman has opened up about a distressing condition that rules her life ...

A woman who regularly stands for eight hours completing a 16-hour ‘phone ritual’ and finds bathrooms ‘overwhelming’ has a ...

A woman with severe OCD says it left her with 90 debilitating daily rituals – such as a 16-hour phone routine, weeing in a ...

Emily, from Barnsley, says she wants to raise people's awareness of the debilitating condition.

As AI is further refined, many more scientists will routinely utilize cutting-edge AI technology to inform and accelerate ...

Jul. 12—Today's article is about a new generation of treatments for a disorder called OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Before learning about OCD treatments, let's briefly discuss basic facts about ...

Imagine being late to all your appointments because getting out of your house entails so many time-consuming rituals that you’re spending an hour repeatedly going back to your house to make sure the ...

As I mentioned in a previous post, there are common therapist mistakes in exposure and response prevention (ERP), the best psychotherapy for OCD. One of these mistakes is not knowing how to help ...

Imagine growing up tormented by fears and life-consuming rituals that make no sense to you or those around you. Then imagine the shame of being told by mental health providers that, because you ...

For me, the physicality of making something in the kitchen allows me to step outside of my head, out of cycles of self-critical or repetitive thoughts. (Rolling pasta works best.) It is soothing. When ...