In a new study, mixed reality exposure therapy shows no advantage over self-guided therapy in alleviating symptoms of OCD, ...

O.C.D. involves a set of obsessions and compulsions that cause great distress and affect people’s quality of life. Obsessions ...

OCD keeps your brain wired—even when you're exhausted. Learn why sleep is so disrupted for people with obsessive-compulsive ...

"Understanding gene expression patterns could help develop new drugs or improve therapies," note the authors of the finding, ...

Discover the four types of OCD beyond stereotypes—from contamination fears to intrusive thoughts—and learn how proper ...

From a Freudian perspective, avoidability is a crucial factor in differentiating phobias from OCD. In phobia, the distressing ...

Australian researchers have identified genes linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), offering new hope for improved ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, ...

Using a method known as genome-wide association studies, the researchers scanned genomes to identify genes driving OCD.

QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time, after ...