Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can affect children and adults. Obsessive thoughts are difficult to spot, but compulsive behaviors are usually more obvious. OCD often develops between the ages ...
The National Institute of Mental Health calls OCD a "common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder" that often interferes with ...
PATCH is part of the University of Pennsylvania’s health system. “I’m an OCD specialist. I’ve been working with kids with OCD for almost 13 years,” Becker-Haimes said. “It still took ...
One woman's journey from OCD to empowerment through comedy, offering hope and humor to others facing mental health challenges ...
Researchers identified the most effective screening tools and treatment options for children with obsessive compulsive ...
Pedophilia OCD is marked by intrusive fears of being attracted to children and repetitive compulsions carried out to reduce those fears. People with pedophilia OCD are not attracted to children ...
May 11, 2021 — Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is associated with impaired education and worse general health later in life. Access to specialist treatment is ...
High school student from The Hockaday School in Dallas writes about dealing with OCD and how damaging it is for teenagers to ...
The following is a summary of “Autism spectrum disorder, social anxiety and obsessive–compulsive disorders: beyond the ...
OCD can be treated, but people with the disorder tend to have a lower quality of life than neurotypical people. A recent ...