Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...

A new genetic study of more than 50,000 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases has linked around 250 genes to the condition, including more than two dozen identified as likely causal, in about 30 ...

If you find that thoughts of reality or life after death distract you from everyday life on a regular basis, this could be a symptom of existential obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Share on ...

When someone likes things just so or always seems to have their home in perfect condition, others may say “he is so OCD.” But OCD — obsessive-compulsive disorder — isn’t a nifty personality trait of ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. It takes an average of 14 to 17 years for people to be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ...

OCD and GAD share symptoms of unwanted thoughts that lead to anxiety and distress. Despite this, the two conditions have significant differences that help tell them apart. Generalized anxiety disorder ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recognizes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as a disability if it affects an individual’s ability to do essential daily activities, such as work. OCD is a ...