A recent Cambridge University-led study found evidence that a new app that lets patients watch a video of themselves washing their hands or touching a dirty object could be key to improving obsessive ...

In recent years, public awareness of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) has increased dramatically. As a result, when we think of OCD, we tend to think of germaphobes who can’t touch doorknobs or ...

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below. Dear Carolyn: My husband seems to have an aversion to hand-washing. I’m talking ...

Emily, from Barnsley, says she wants to raise people's awareness of the debilitating condition.

The rubber hand illusion could help people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) overcome the condition, a new study suggests. Researchers tested whether it was possible to help patients by ...

FARGO - Tamara Wagner's obsessive-compulsive disorder was so severe that for a while she refused to leave her home. "It took such a good chunk of my life that I really didn't have time to do anything ...

A study co-authored by a Brown University computational cognitive neuroscientist showed how an SSRI improves cognitive ...