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

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

I’m afraid I’ll lose anyone at any time. I have OCD and all my rituals are focused around keeping my mom, sister, husband and ...

HOUSTON -- Obsessive compulsive disorder, also know as OCD, only affects about two percent of the population, but symptoms are usually severe. Clinical trials are targeting new receptors in the brain ...

“People with OCD often feel immense guilt for having such thoughts and feel the need to confess them to their partner, friend ...

Dear Eric: I am ashamed to admit it, but I hate my three stepchildren. The daughter is the prime antagonist. Let’s call her ...

People with Pure OCD only have mental compulsions, like silent counting or obsessively replaying events in their heads.

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Hoarding may represent a misfiring of one of the brain’s oldest imperatives: to seek safety in connection. Where human bonds ...

Used informally, "obsessive-compulsive" is often slang for perfectionism or meticulous attention to detail. So are people with OCD simply meticulous perfectionists? As a psychiatric disorder, OCD is ...