Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is now a recognized diagnosis in ICD-11, but what does that mean for treatment, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught ...

Mum-of-three Lauren Carrigher was plunged into a 'living hell' after her intrusive OCD thoughts convinced her she was a ...

A woman with severe OCD says it left her with 90 debilitating daily rituals – such as a 16-hour phone routine, weeing in a bucket and needing to drive round a roundabout five times. Emily Newcombe, 32 ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is a chronic condition characterised by recurrent persistent thoughts which usually co-occur with repetitive compulsive behaviour.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...

Every time I ask her to move the mess to her room she replies that she will do it later. And yet, days later, it’s still in ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.

Trust and occasional doubts are a normal part of any relationship. However, when uncertainty turns into constant questioning, ...

My 14-year-old sister leaves her papers and schoolwork everywhere -- in the kitchen, the living room, even the hallway. Every ...