Amanda Seyfried is embracing her mental health journey two decades after getting diagnosed with OCD. The Testament of Ann Lee ...

Seyfried, 40, said she was diagnosed with “really extreme” OCD when she was 19 years old. In an interview with Vogue, ...

Many people with OCD first get advice from internet chat forums or therapists untrained in OCD. Although the advice-givers are usually well-meaning, the messaging isn’t always consistent with best ...

But I haven’t lost my mind. For example, I alternate between the two main hospitals in my small southern city to give the ...

When Anu Dinghra moved to Australia with his family as a nine-year-old from India, the transition to a new country and new ...

A common belief is that compulsive behaviors trap people in a “habit loop” that takes over self-control. New research, however, suggests this explanation may be incomplete. For many years, compulsive ...

Sometimes compulsive giving is a strategy for belonging. Here’s why some friends always pay and how relationships change when ...

Symptoms of Pure O. Obsessive-compulsive disorder itself involves having reoccurring obsessions and behaviors (compulsions).

Millions of people in the United States deal with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- and it’s far more complex than how it’s portrayed in the media. While OCD is often joked about or characterized as ...

OCD can sometimes involve distressing, intrusive thoughts about suicide, typically distinct from genuine suicidal ideation. Treatment like exposure therapy can help individuals heal from harmful ...

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, ...

Anorexia and OCD are disorders that interconnect, often driven by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are two distinct mental health ...