Key points Magical thinking involves superstitious beliefs and rituals, and it is common in the general population. Magical thinking OCD is maintained by a cycle of rituals that provide short-term ...

Leading up to the election, many people may have thought they would jinx their preferred candidate if they stated that they believed he or she would win. This belief that one's thoughts or hopes can ...

Ever since she can remember, writer Morgan Sullivan has had the nagging inkling that her routine behaviors could influence her future—and not in a positive, manifestational way. “As a little kid, I ...

In 2016 psychiatrist Benjamin Kelmendi was treating two patients with severe, treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) at a Connecticut mental health center when the patients abruptly ...