Ultimately, as therapists, we want many of our patients to take more responsibility for their beliefs and expectations. This is especially true for our patients who are perfectionists; they spend much ...

The Loss and OCD Symptoms Scale is a newly validated tool designed to assess grief and loss among adults with OCD.

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

When compulsions feel protective, OCD treatment gets harder. Here's the neuroscience behind why trauma makes OCD feel so much more convincing.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that feel real. The brain processes ...

Although obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be treated, research has shown that people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. Many struggle to achieve ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can affect children and adults. Obsessive thoughts are difficult to spot, but compulsive behaviors are usually more obvious. OCD often develops between the ages of ...

Although research is sparse, Tom Bellamy, a neuroscientist at the University of Nottingham in England, estimated that as many as 50 percent of people experience this kind of obsessive romantic ...