You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means.

There is no consensus as to how many OCD subtypes exist, or even what those subtypes are. For instance, some contend that ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra. The thoughts and fears such ...

Many of us have wild thoughts that pop into our heads out of nowhere. But what if those thoughts were harmful and seemed to ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes people to have recurrent unwanted or unreasonable thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or make them feel driven to do something repeatedly (compulsions).

My cat died in 2013. Everyone said I treated him like a child. He got so sick, so suddenly, it freaked me out so badly.

Several years ago, I met an acquaintance who suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He had what I considered a most appropriate job—as a security supervisor for an important organization.