Hebrew University of Jerusalem and SUNY Stony Brook scientists discover linked chemicals in pre-clinical trials in mice, ...

Intrusive thoughts are some of the most personal and agonizing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Thanks to OCD, just one single unpleasant thought or image—violent, sexual, obscene, ...

A busy mom (who asked to remain anonymous) tells writer Alyssa Shelasky what it's like to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The author of The Upside of OCD encourages people living with OCD to embrace who they are, rather than trying to erase ...

“I don’t know,” said Dan*, as he struggled to decide whether to ask his girlfriend to marry him. “Is she the right person for me? I keep finding things that I don’t like about her. Maybe there’s ...

Dr. Michael Alcée encourages a more compassionate approach to OCD, one that honors creativity, emotional depth, and meaning rather than suppressing symptoms LOS ...

People with OCD tend to give themselves a hard time. When they're stuck on an obsession, they reach a critical choice point, Jerud says: They can either give in to their urges to try to reduce their ...

While working at the NIH, she wrote “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” a groundbreaking study of OCD. She also researched ...

Carol Mathews receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is a member of the scientific advisory boards for the Family Foundation for OCD Research and the International OCD Foundation ...

Love requires a leap of faith. No one can know with complete certainty that their partner is “the one,” or that their feelings will never change. Yet most people learn to live with that ambiguity.

In an interview, the country music star revealed what it's like to live with his diagnosis, while correcting some of the ...