OCD and BFRBs can look alike, but they’re not the same. Discover the similarities, important distinctions, and what they mean ...

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 (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 ...

“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...

Intrusive thoughts about harm to yourself or others can be a type of OCD known as harm OCD. Therapies like exposure and response prevention (ERP) can help you learn how to cope with this disorder.

Even if you mean well, these phrases usually hurt more than they help. Here’s what to say instead to show a loved one with ...

Eva Surawy Stepney receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) via the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH). Readers are advised that this article contains ...

While the mental health condition has been depicted in movies and television somewhat often, many of those depictions lean ...

The cryptic emails would arrive just before bedtime: DON’T DELETE THIS!! If you don’t forward this email to at least 6 people in the next 10 minutes, a ghost will haunt you too. Send this email to 3 ...