April 12th, 2012

Researchers have discovered that mothers tend to be more critical of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder than they are ...
April 11th, 2012

Individuals who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are often plagued by incessant self-talk that leads to compulsive checking.
Although the thoughts may ...
March 29th, 2012

A National Institutes of Health scientist has identified a new syndrome that affects ...
December 28th, 2011

Childhood rituals, such as routines for meals, baths and bedtimes, are a basic part of healthy behavioral development. But when combined with hypersensitivity to touch ...
October 31st, 2011

When individuals are battling addiction, they know better than to indulge, but cannot seem to stop from pulling the trigger.
Researchers have now pinpointed the exact locations in ...
September 27th, 2011

Physicians and psychiatrists got a wake-up call Tuesday when it comes to prescribing atypical antipsychotics for uses not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A ...
September 23rd, 2011

Many baseball players cross their chests before they step up to the plate, and basketball players will bounce the ball a certain number of times before they attempt a ...
September 20th, 2011

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be better treated in teenagers and children when a full course of cognitive-behavioral therapy is added to treatment, according to new ...
August 19th, 2011

A new report describes a program that helps to reduce anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders that may accompany childbirth.
Parents know that the birth of a ...
May 24th, 2011

The chicken-and-egg question regarding obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), for the most part, is usually answered by identifying obsessive fears as driving the behaviors such as repetitive hand-washing.
A ...