July 15, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is far more than a penchant for cleanliness or a preference for organization—it’s a complex mental health condition that ...

Jul. 12—Today's article is about a new generation of treatments for a disorder called OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Before learning about OCD treatments, let's briefly discuss basic facts about ...

As I mentioned in a previous post, there are common therapist mistakes in exposure and response prevention (ERP), the best psychotherapy for OCD. One of these mistakes is not knowing how to help ...

Imagine being late to all your appointments because getting out of your house entails so many time-consuming rituals that you’re spending an hour repeatedly going back to your house to make sure the ...

The gold standard therapy for OCD is exposure and response prevention (ERP) – a treatment designed to reduce avoidance and rituals as a means of coping with distressing triggers. This involves going ...

Despite what's shown on TV and in movies, OCD is rarely about hand sanitizer or tidy kitchen pantries. Instead, OCD often ...

Roughly 2-3 million US adults are believed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Some forms of OCD have no outward compulsions, making OCD harder to diagnose. A psychologist shared some of the ...

Philadelphia — Emily Becker-Haimes' son had just turned 5 years old when she and her husband began to realize his fear of bugs or his request specifically for "five hugs" felt different. "Was this ...