The number of 16-24 year olds in England reporting symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, has more than tripled ...

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

The letter writer’s obsessive compulsive disorder is much harder to handle after the death of their father. Dear Eric: My cat ...

Many of us have wild thoughts that pop into our heads out of nowhere. But what if those thoughts were harmful and seemed to ...

My cat died in 2013. Everyone said I treated him like a child. He got so sick, so suddenly, it freaked me out so badly. Then ...

Now I’m afraid I’ll lose anyone at any time. I text my mom constantly, and if she doesn’t answer for a few hours, I panic.

While most people would maybe silence their phone, scour WebMD, and move on, I couldn’t. (And this was pre-internet and cellphones, anyway!) I simply presented as a perfectionistic, high-achieving kid ...

Send questions to R. Eric Thomas at eric@askingeric.com or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. Follow him on Instagram ...

We live in an age where clinical labels once confined to the DSM-5—the diagnostic manual for mental health professionals—now ...