I really don’t like looking at Season 6 imagery or pictures, because I know that 99% of my thoughts were about my body,” the ...

While the exact causes of OCD are complex and multifaceted, research shows that trauma can act as a significant trigger, ...

Twenty-five years after her mother’s death, our writer reflects on how her parents’ undiagnosed mental illnesses shaped her ...

The National Institute of Mental Health calls OCD a "common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder" that often interferes with ...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — A national television audience watched Zane Gonzalez adjust his socks on the sideline and fix his hair ...

1. Do not focus on your fearful thinking: The first thing a person must do is not to dwell on the fear provoking thought when it comes. The more a person tries to reason out on the fear behind the ...

Well-rested participants asked to suppress the memory had more activity in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex -- a brain region that controls thoughts, actions and emotions -- compared to those ...

These thoughts tend to override other thoughts and intrude, unbidden, into your awareness. Obsessive thoughts are difficult or impossible to dismiss, or even temporarily put aside. The experience may ...

or Mum's obsessive cleaning). Overwhelmed by an intense survivor's guilt, her mind was utterly invaded by anxious, intrusive thoughts, about being a bad person for not being able to save Mum.

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Glutamatergic medications showed promise in treating obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs), especially ...