Obsessive Compulsive Disorder affects up to 10 million Americans, according to the International OCD Foundation. Experts say ...

OCD can make daily life overwhelming for children, but a supportive home environment can make a significant difference. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition consisting of ...

As parents, we naturally worry when our children exhibit behaviors that seem unusual or obsessive. We recently had a mother asking about her 10-year-old son who insists on wearing certain outfits on ...

Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney, who was diagnosed with OCD when she was 10, explains when you should seek help.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is often thought of as a disorder that affects adults. But a new study by Brown researchers shows that it can actually develop in children as young as four years old. The ...

Rohan’s nighttime fears of being robbed and abducted began at five years old. At nine, Rohan was still sleeping in his mother’s room plagued by nighttime obsessions. “I feel like we’re going to get ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is marked by repetitive thoughts and strategies, either mental or physical, used to silence the thoughts and the accompanying anxiety. It entails an extreme need ...

Karli Bossman's behavior changed instantly from happy to afraid of socks. Oct. 5, 2011— -- Karli Bossman was a happy 5-year-old from Clayton, N.C., who loved going to kindergarten -- until one ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Natasha Daniels, anxiety and OCD child therapist, says about one in every 200 kids will suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder and explains how to respond to it. As a mom to ...

With Pesach behind us, what better time to take a closer look at the annual burst of intensity that propelled us, in the weeks and days leading to the yom tov, into frenzy cleaning? That sustained ...

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