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 ...

DEATH in Paradise and Fresh Meat star Kimberley Nixon has spoken about a two-year health battle that made her “lose herself”.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and is linked to a significant delay in the initiation of OCD treatment, study shows.

What comes to mind when you read the words obsessive compulsive disorder? For many, the phrase likely conjures up an image of ...

The actress admitted things got so bad during her two-year health battle that she wanted to ‘hand herself into police’ ...

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.

Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It’s a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety is the automatic reaction that makes you jump back when you think you’ve ...

With OCD, control is a defensive attempt to manage internal anxiety. It usually doesn’t involve intentional efforts to control other people. OCPD, on the other hand, can involve controlling behaviors.

For years I avoided talking about it," said Molly Lambert, who was diagnosed with pedophilia-themed obessive-compulsive ...

It stands for Paedophile-Themed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is recognised as a distressing subtype that causes its sufferers to have an obsessive fear of becoming a paedophile. It can even cause ...