Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It’s a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder, commonly referred to as OCD, is a chronic condition characterised by recurrent persistent thoughts which usually co-occur with repetitive compulsive behaviour.

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 ...

Judith Rapoport, who has died aged 92, was a leading psychiatrist who rejected Freudian theories based on the workings of the ...

OCD, which affects 2% to 3% of Americans, is characterized by recurring thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors such as excessive hand washing and arranging objects in a precise way ...

Life with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be incredibly challenging. For people with OCD, the condition is much more than ordinary worries its a serious mental health condition that involves ...

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may have an increased risk of death from both natural and unnatural causes than those without the disorder, finds a study from Sweden published by The ...

Ten to 40 percent of patients with anorexia nervosa are diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Likewise, 11 percent of patients with a primary diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder have a ...

What comes to mind when you read the words obsessive compulsive disorder? For many, the phrase likely conjures up an image of ...

In recent years, the rise in SSRI use has levelled off, stabilising at a historically high level. Among teenage girls, the ...