Jul. 12—Today's article is about a new generation of treatments for a disorder called OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Before learning about OCD treatments, let's briefly discuss basic facts about ...

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New research talks about a promising adjunctive treatment to help people to build a life that isn't run by OCD.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing. Years ago, a patient with ...

Making sure a stovetop isn’t left on or readjusting an askew picture frame is often a natural response when something feels off. Yet, for over two million Americans living with obsessive-compulsive ...

Carey Wilson receives funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. Thibault Renoir receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and ...

A Michigan doctor said the findings may help children to overcome their OCD. May 23, 2014— -- A Michigan doctor and his colleagues say they are beginning to be able to identify distinct subtypes ...

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, ...

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience persistent or recurring thoughts that are disturbing and cause anxiety. People with OCD may try to cope with these intrusive thoughts through ...

Exposure and response prevention therapy, or ERP, has long been considered the gold-standard treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). ERP is in the family of cognitive-behavior therapy, or ...

What is Contamination OCD? Here are the signs, symptoms, and causes of this OCD subtype and why it’s more than just being clean or organised. TheHealthSite.com ...

(THE CONVERSATION) One of the hallmarks of obsessive-compulsive disorder is contamination fears and excessive hand-washing. Years ago, a patient with severe OCD came to my office wearing gloves and a ...