It’s hard to describe living with an obsessive, compulsive mind that rarely gives you peace. Imagine a relentless roommate ...

Gut microbes are involved in brain health via the gut-brain axis. New research shows they are also involved in ...

Charlie Health reports that eating disorders are significantly influenced by genetics, with family history increasing risk ...

Many years ago, a friend of mine whose husband would come to pick her up from work. The first time I joined them in their car ...

Anxiety can be thought of as the psychological equivalent of pain. Although only a subset of mental health conditions contain ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time ...

A new study suggests that certain gut bacteria may influence the risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Using Mendelian ...

Exclusive: Part of Nilani Thiyagarajah’s job was “maintaining cleanliness and organization in the store,” but her condition ...

The symptoms of PANDAS are similar to OCD. OCD is a disruptive and often debilitating mental health disorder, marked by repeated cycles of obsessive and ritualistic tics, behaviors, actions and ...

Researchers have identified connections between obsessive thoughts about relationships, emotional closeness, and habits like ...

A dog on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is being used in a rather unique way: helping patients with obsessive compulsive disorder manage their symptoms.

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have linked rare “de novo” genetic mutations—copy number variants (CNVs)—to pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).