People with relationship OCD, on the other hand—or R-OCD, a lesser-known subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder—can’t.

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

A woman who wrongly thought she was a paedophile has opened up about how her health condition continues to affect her today ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It causes a person to have intrusive, distressing thoughts, which they manage using compulsive behaviors. For example, a person, who fixates ...

Our thoughts are often mysterious to us. You probably don't know why you suddenly think about a Komodo dragon while sitting in traffic or Citizen Kane while shopping for groceries. Such moments remind ...

OCD is not merely a quirk or a preference for orderliness; it is a clinical disorder rooted in the brain's circuitry, particularly involving areas responsible for habit formation and fear response ...

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes than those without the disorder, finds a study from Sweden published in The ...