Perfectionism is typically the drive to become perfect. Yet in narcissism, it’s the maintenance, at all costs, of the belief ...

Many years ago, a friend of mine whose husband would come to pick her up from work. The first time I joined them in their car for a lift I noticed the seats were covered with pure white linen instead ...

Researchers have demonstrated a specific type of genetic variation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time ...

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Trauma Services reports hoarding disorder is rising, driven by trauma and stress, especially since the pandemic, requiring ...

While players were in the battle of the NFL season, Braden Smith was fighting a different one: the one going on inside his ...

Indianapolis Colts' Braden Smith bravely battled severe OCD, specifically religious scrupulosity, that nearly ended his NFL ...

The symptoms of PANDAS are similar to OCD. OCD is a disruptive and often debilitating mental health disorder, marked by repeated cycles of obsessive and ritualistic tics, behaviors, actions and ...

For people with OCD, reassurance can be harmful. ChatGPT provides an infinite supply. Millions of people use ChatGPT for help with daily tasks, but for a subset of users, a chatbot can be more of a ...

David Beckham, who was recently pictured in an arm sling in the hospital in a snap shared by his wife Victoria, has sustained ...

The study compared data from patients and healthy individuals from Brazil, Canada, and the United States. The results help paint a clearer picture of how genetics influences the development of OCD.

For people with severe OCD, therapy alone may not be enough. Medication can play a big role in treatment. The most commonly ...