You must have heard people recklessly throwing around the term ‘OCD’ whenever they want to convey how much they love orderliness and cleanliness, which brings us to the biggest myth surrounding OCD.

If you have ever colour-coded your wardrobe, wiped the kitchen slabs repeatedly just because a speck of dust exists, or straightened a slightly off-centre painting on the wall, someone has probably ...

It may look like repetitive handwashing or flicking the lights on and off five times before leaving the room, but it may also look completely different, mainly because it affects ...

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The term obsessive obsessive-compulsive disorder is not well understood and is sometimes thrown around casually. Someone who likes cleanliness and order may say, “I am so OCD about how I organize my ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Tia Wilson, living with obsessive-compulsive disorder got worse before it ever got better. Much of her life was spent feeling ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Christopher Sege about treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) ...