What is OCD? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra.The thoughts ...

"I was 11 years old, and at that point, my parents had known for several years that something was not right with me." ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging ...

Gazing over the industrialized cow paths that weave through Boston stands a stone sculpture of Christ dressed in priestly robes. He holds a ceremonial orb in his left hand and the posture of inner ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be grouped into four main types: contamination and cleaning, symmetry and ordering, doubt about harm and checking, and intrusive thoughts.

Cameron Mofid, 25, recently traveled to North Korea — making him one of few that have traveled to all 195 countries. Mofid ...

How can you tell if OCD tendencies are symptoms that require professional help? There are certain patterns that may indicate the full-blown disorder. Here are 10 of the most common.

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, suffer from unwanted and intrusive thoughts that they can’t seem to get out of their heads, called obsessions, which often compel them to ...

OCD, like other anxiety disorders that plague children of all ages, is often unrecognized by parents and educators. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ...

May 22, 2014— -- Elizabeth McIngvale-Cegelski, Ph.D., LMSW, was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder as a child. In an effort to help those living with OCD and other illnesses ...

While players were in the battle of the NFL season, Braden Smith was fighting a different one: the one going on inside his ...