Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder affecting one percent of the U.S. population, but the underlying causes of OCD remain relatively unknown. However, recent research has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Obsessive-compulsive disorder has long been considered a problem of the brain, but new research suggests the real driver might be ...

In the fight against treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), one option, deep brain stimulation (DBS), is slowly gaining popularity since its inception nearly 20 years ago. DBS works ...

Researchers headed by a team at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons have linked distinct patterns of genetic mutations with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in humans.

Clinical testing of children with suspected pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome does not help identify the ...

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of ...

Limitations of available conventional treatments of OCD invite consideration of non-drug treatments. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the leading causes of psychiatric disability globally ...

Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder. By Trip Gabriel Dr. Judith L. Rapoport ...

When obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders occur together, they often exacerbate each other in harmful ways. Typically, both conditions are treated simultaneously to address the ...

Child psychiatrist who brought obsessive-compulsive disorder to public awareness and focused on the brain’s biology and its role in mental illness ...