Judith Rapoport, who has died aged 92, was a leading psychiatrist who rejected Freudian theories based on the workings of the ...

What comes to mind when you read the words obsessive compulsive disorder? For many, the phrase likely conjures up an image of ...

When obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders occur together, they often exacerbate each other in harmful ways. Typically, both conditions are treated simultaneously to address the ...

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and is linked to a significant delay in the initiation of OCD treatment, study shows.

It stands for Paedophile-Themed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and is recognised as a distressing subtype that causes its sufferers to have an obsessive fear of becoming a paedophile. It can even cause ...

Trichotillomania is a condition involving frequent urges to pull out one’s hair. Experts now consider it closely related to OCD due to the obsessive-compulsive nature of the disorder. Mental health ...

The proportion of adults who took anxiety medications jumped from 11.7% in 2019 to 14.3% in 2024, with most of the increase ...

We know PDA and anxiety travel together—just as they do in ADHD and ODD—but what if anxiety is the exhaust, not the engine, ...

New research on a group of Australian preschoolers suggests more than 40% are dealing with an anxiety disorder.

If you have anxiety, know that you are not alone. Anxiety disorders are the most common form of mental illness in the United States. Anxiety disorders include, but are not limited to, post traumatic ...