Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) impacts approximately 2% of the global population, often preventing individuals from living life to their full potential.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is widely misunderstood. Characterized by overwhelming, obsessive thoughts and ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have linked rare “de novo” genetic mutations—copy number variants (CNVs)—to pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

The study compared data from patients and healthy individuals from Brazil, Canada, and the United States. The results help paint a clearer picture of how genetics influences the development of OCD.

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, ... For example, someone might wash their hands dozens of times or in a specific way to get rid of germs, ...

For example, people with "pure OCD" can have mental obsessions, such as silent counting or repeating phrases in their head, but no external compulsions, making their OCD potentially harder to ...

'OCD is prayer, incantation, rumination, and superstition, all rolled into one,' writes Cynthia Maria Hoffman. ... And some of it was confusing in relation to my OCD rules. For example, ...

For example, during the study period, 2.5% of people with OCD died due to circulatory system diseases (such as heart attacks and strokes), which is a low percentage.

Hattie Rowan has lived with OCD – obsessive-compulsive disorder – for 15 of her 26 years. She describes the symptoms and examples of her behaviour caused by the mental illness, and how she ...