Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can affect children and adults. Obsessive thoughts are difficult to spot, but compulsive behaviors are usually more obvious. OCD often develops between the ages ...

Researchers identified the most effective screening tools and treatment options for children with obsessive compulsive ...

The National Institute of Mental Health calls OCD a "common, chronic, and long-lasting disorder" that often interferes with ...

Pedophilia OCD is marked by intrusive fears of being attracted to children and repetitive compulsions carried out to reduce those fears. People with pedophilia OCD are not attracted to children ...

including "children, adolescents and adults alike." Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder ...

My areas of specialty include children with school problems, anxiety, depression, ADHD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and developmental delays. The Coronavirus has drastically disrupted all of ...

High school student from The Hockaday School in Dallas writes about dealing with OCD and how damaging it is for teenagers to ...

An estimate of 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children in the United States has OCD. Having some levels of anxiety is normal, and even healthy for a person to have. But when extreme fear or worry is ...