Researchers identified the most effective screening tools and treatment options for children with obsessive compulsive disorder, according to the results of two meta-analyses published in ...

The most popular OCD treatment, exposure-response prevention, teaches you to desensitize yourself to the terror of whatever ...

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 ...

PANDAS may occur when a child suddenly and dramatically has OCD or tic-related symptoms following a strep infection. The symptoms appear to happen extremely sudden and may cause the child to become ...

Actress Julianne Moore has revealed that having children saved her from her OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). The 50-year-old mum-of-two admitted it was her son and daughter who helped her to relax ...

Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces the severity of obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents, according to a new review. This form of treatment helps relieve the overall distress ...

An estimate of 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children in the United States has OCD. Having some levels of anxiety is normal, and even healthy for a person to have. But when extreme fear or worry is ...

Catherine Benfield wasn't diagnosed with OCD until she was 31, after she had her first child, though it would appear she's had it all her life. She recovered with the help of therapy - and by ...