Like learning any new skill, CBT must be practiced; this is done with the help of homework that focuses on exposure in ...

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

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized, in part, by a quest for certainty, which causes the individual with OCD to ...

Background: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the first-line treatment for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, not all of ...

A web-based, cognitive behavioral self-help intervention effectively cuts bulimia nervosa symptoms, according to a study published online July 3 in JAMA Network Open. Steffen Hartmann, from Heidelberg ...

The most common and incorrect presentation of OCD in media is conflating the disorder with being a “neat freak” or a “germaphobe.” This was particularly damaging in the 2002 TV series Monk, in which ...

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

OCD is a treatable condition. Effective treatments include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and the right medication.

Self-guided CBT for atopic dermatitis matches clinician-guided outcomes, easing clinical resource demands. Read now.

The results of the present pilot study provide preliminary evidence that patients with OCD find aspects of MBCT ... ability to regulate compulsive behavior, whereas prior to MBCT, compulsions ...

A with psychiatry and behavioral sciences professor Alik Widge, a lead author of the University of Minnesota study.