No single gene causes OCD, but identifying the genetic markers linked to the condition can help clarify how it develops. Viktoria Ruban/iStock via Getty Images Plus Obsessive compulsive disorder has ...

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...

In a review of previous studies, McMaster University researchers observe a stronger signal for psilocybin as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder than cannabinoids.

Study name: Deep Phenotyping of Interoception in Adolescence: Making the Imperceptible Perceptible We are recruiting youths ages 12 to 17 and their parents to take part in a research study at the ...

A new genetic study of more than 50,000 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases has linked around 250 genes to the condition, including more than two dozen identified as likely causal, in about 30 ...

Research suggests most people get earworms regularly – and they’re more common among people who listen to a lot of music. One ...

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a treatment for symptoms of trauma. Some limited research suggests it could also help with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). EMDR ...

Exposure and response (or ritual) prevention (ERP) is the treatment for OCD with the strongest research support. As I wrote in a prior post, studies suggest ERP with or without medication is more ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is ...

Carol Mathews receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is a member of the scientific advisory boards for the Family Foundation for OCD Research and the International OCD Foundation ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carol Mathews, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) Obsessive compulsive disorder ...