In today’s hyperconnected world, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is showing up in ways that would have surprised clinicians just a generation ago. Digital culture, public health scares, and ...

With the increase in use of terms such as 'gaslighting,' 'toxic,' and 'OCD' on social media, a therapist breaks down the pros ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging mental health conditions to treat effectively. That makes any fresh insight into ...

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 ...

No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria Ruban/iStock via Getty Images Plus Obsessive compulsive disorder has ...

Sami Sheen is getting candid about her struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). “Nothing aggravates me more than when someone’s like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so OCD, I need to keep my room clean and ...

"There’s something poetic about it — being so determined to visit all 195 countries is, in some ways, an OCD trait," Mofid tells PEOPLE Cameron Mofid Cameron Mofid has traveled to every country in the ...

Daniella Gray is a Newsweek Family & Parenting Reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on family dynamics, childhood development, parenting styles, U.S. education and current trends in family and ...