Most of the time, the origin of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is unknown, but in some rare cases, it starts after a brain injury, such as a stroke or a tumor.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be an extremely incapacitating neuropsychiatric condition. The symptoms of people who ...

Living with a parent with schizophrenia is classified as an adverse childhood experience, defined as a negative experience ...

Hoarding disorder is often described as if it might be “caused” by a single errant chromosome, but the trajectory of genetic research, from early linkage ...

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For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the opposite: inflammation in a key decision-making brain region actually made ...

Hadas Lederer shares how posting about OCD on TikTok helped her connect with others, challenge stigma and build an online ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Lieber Institute for Brain Development have identified ...

She was diagnosed with OCD in 2024 and now recognizes the incident as part of a subtype called false memory OCD Lederer ...

Most people know me as the germaphobe. I can't really argue with that. If you've ever seen me encounter a doorknob, you probably understand why. But what's always been strange to me is that people ...