You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means.

OCD is made up of irrational obsessions and compulsions that become so repetitive they severely impact daily life.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging mental health conditions to treat effectively. That makes any fresh insight into ...

From the outside, OCD can look like (and feel like!) an attempt to control others. But actually, it's the person with OCD who ...

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is ...

People with OCD tend to give themselves a hard time. When they're stuck on an obsession, they reach a critical choice point, ...

OCD treatment usually involves a combination of medication and exposure and response prevention therapy to control obsessions ...

For those seeking to reduce depression, anxiety, OCD and binge eating without medication, a groundbreaking, noninvasive ...

No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria Ruban/iStock via Getty Images Plus Obsessive compulsive disorder has ...