Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...

Medically reviewed by Kathleen Daly, MD Key Takeaways People with OCPD have a strong need for orderliness and ...

They can’t conceive of primarily obsessional obsessive-compulsive disorder, where the worries never transmute into a physical ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. OCD can affect men, women and children - with some people showing ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects up to 10 million Americans, according to the International OCD Foundation. Experts say the disorder can manifest in ways beyond the common ...

18 May 2025: OCD is often misunderstood as just a quirk or a need for cleanliness, but it’s a complex and often distressing mental health condition. Hamish Williams and psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald ...

When the antibodies attach to these interneurons, they seem to lower the cells’ activity. This may cause changes in how the ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Penny Moodie grew up consumed by catastrophic thoughts and ideas - that her parents would die in a car ...

Staying single can be a genuine choice. But for some, fear and doubt quietly drive avoidance. Here’s how relationship OCD can ...

When most people think of obsessive compulsive disorder, they may picture behaviours they’ve seen on TV — such as repetitive hand-washing, flicking light switches on and off and meticulously arranging ...