Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It causes a person to have intrusive, distressing thoughts, which they manage using compulsive behaviors. For example, a person, who fixates ...

No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria Ruban/iStock via Getty Images Plus Obsessive compulsive disorder has ...

Researchers identify GRIN2A as a rare single-gene cause of early psychiatric disorders, with symptoms often beginning in ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental health condition that involves obsessions, compulsions, or both. Treatment typically includes psychotherapy and medication. In the United States ...

Childhood psychosis risk appears to increase significantly among carriers of this gene variant. In A Nutshell First ...

A Michigan doctor said the findings may help children to overcome their OCD. May 23, 2014— -- A Michigan doctor and his colleagues say they are beginning to be able to identify distinct subtypes ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is linked to a twofold increased risk for all-cause mortality and a heightened risk for death from both natural and unnatural causes, a new study showed.

An obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) attack, such as intrusive thoughts, can be overwhelming and may feel similar to a panic attack. People may have thoughts they wish they could stop thinking or ...

Many of us have wild thoughts that pop into our heads out of nowhere. But what if those thoughts were harmful and seemed to want to destroy good things in your life? And what if they happened all of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carol Mathews, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) Obsessive compulsive disorder ...