For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. The obsessive-compulsive and related disorders chapter in the DSM-5 adds four items including substance/medication-induced obsessive-compulsive and related ...
For years, 28-year-old Yasmin Arkinstall believed the intrusive thoughts in her head were symptoms of a generalised anxiety disorder. It's what psychologists had always told her. But when Arkinstall, ...
New research suggests that compulsive behavior may be less about willpower failure and more about inflammation quietly disrupting the brain’s reward and habit circuits. While the idea of “hidden brain ...
All of us can think of an occasion when an idea or mental image has popped into our head without warning. These might be completely senseless, or they might be things we know we shouldn't do. But most ...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) therapists will generally focus on helping clients recognize the irrational nature of their obsessions and gradually increase their tolerance for the anxiety they ...
What Does It Mean to Be Obsessive? What Does It Mean to Have OCD? How to Tell the Difference Coping Tips Have you ever heard someone say I'm so OCD to describe a strong desire for neatness? Despite ...