Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the leading causes of psychiatric disability globally and can result in severe impairment in social and occupational functioning. Available pharmacologic ...

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals’ drug for obsessive compulsive disorder fell short of the desired outcome in a recent study, but the company says it still plans to advance it to the final stage of human ...

Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can improve their symptoms significantly by adding exposure and response prevention therapy to their treatment regimen when common drug treatment ...

Acetylcholine "conductors" in the striatum directly trigger serotonin release, offering new insights into the origins of OCD ...

While working at the NIH, she wrote “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” a groundbreaking study of OCD. She also researched ...

When Adrian Monk’s therapist goes on vacation, he tells his troubles to a man who is comatose. Ironically, talking to the guy in the coma will probably do Monk as much good as the therapist. Monk, the ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms, such as intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors, may worsen with age if an individual does not undergo treatment. OCD is a mental health condition ...

Limitations of available conventional treatments of OCD invite consideration of non-drug treatments. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the leading causes of psychiatric disability globally ...