Are you feeling trapped by your own mind—battling debilitating, constant worry and scary, unwanted thoughts? I specialize in treating Pure Obsessional OCD (Pure O), where the fight is internal against ...

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You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means. For therapists like Erin Venker, she often feels like OCD is misunderstood.

The connection between mental health and substance misuse is frequently misunderstood and underreported. In March 2025, Us ...

Caitlin Moran's personal essay "I Know Why the Fat Lady Sings," calls compulsive overeating "the most pointlessly secret of miseries" for women. Her words continue to make the Facebook, Twitter, and ...

Some quirks can be chalked up to preference, but others can signal OCD. June 14, 2013— -- intro: Hooked on hand sanitizer? Closet organized to a T? Quirks like this can usually be chalked up to ...

New research suggests that women fall prey to certain bad habits hard and fast—including an alarming breed of obsessive compulsive disorder. Anne* was 34 years old when she thought she'd found her ...

New show focuses on people's 'strange addiction.' Dec. 24, 2010— -- Lori Broady could not live without her hair dryer. Since she was eight years old, she says, she couldn't fall asleep without it ...

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 ...

Anorexia and OCD are disorders that interconnect, often driven by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. Anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are two distinct mental health ...