Deep brain stimulation (DBS) involves stimulating certain parts of your brain with implanted electrodes. It’s a promising treatment for treatment-resistant OCD. The main treatments for OCD are talk ...

OCD UK states that Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is “the sixth largest contributor to non-fatal health loss globally.” Why is it non-fatal? Well, there are no formal, scientific publications to ...

Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It’s a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety is the automatic reaction that makes you jump back when you think you’ve ...

The story behind any expose of a compulsive liar involves human suffering and, until we understand more fully the psychology of compulsive lying, the story is likely to turn into tragedy. Mixed ...

We all know what Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is, right? Handwashing. Cleaning a lot. Checking the stove. Organizing your books by color or size or topic or author. If you have a really exotic ...

Mackenzie Reed was 21 years old when obsessive compulsive disorder took over her life near the end of 2019. The registered nurse went from graduating nursing school during the height of the COVID-19 ...