Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What makes OCD even more debilitating is that such obsessive thoughts also cause the person to engage in repetitive behaviors that ...

You must have heard people recklessly throwing around the term ‘OCD’ whenever they want to convey how much they love orderliness and cleanliness, which brings us to the biggest myth surrounding OCD.

The term obsessive obsessive-compulsive disorder is not well understood and is sometimes thrown around casually. Someone who likes cleanliness and order may say, “I am so OCD about how I organize my ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. David Beckham said his "tiring" obsessive compulsive disorder causes him to clean his family's home ...

People with OCD are known for being clean, but for people who experience it, it's about a lot more than getting the dirt off their hands. Clinical psychologist, Brodrick Brown, said OCD is when a ...

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people – that’s about half a million Australians. Our new research shows how long and fraught ...