Periods of prolonged social isolation have long been associated with difficult emotions and, in some cases, with the ...

Romance-related OCD over-interprets the meaning of small or insignificant flaws in a relationship.

The neuropeptide oxytocin is a special messenger substance that nerve cells use to communicate with each other. It is acting ...

Founders repeat behaviors not because they lack insight, but because their nervous systems learned those patterns under ...

Researchers find that OCD brains recruit more regions to perform simple sequences, revealing new targets for TMS therapy and symptom assessment.

The new owner said she left the mixed-breed dog, Pierre, home alone for two hours about a week after adopting him.

For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

A high-frequency brain signal in the frontal cortex is linked to OCD compulsions. Targeted deep brain stimulation rapidly reduced symptoms in severe cases.

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling ...

A new study revealed that certain brain regions are more active in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during cognitively demanding tasks. The findings could help inform new ways in which ...

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are often confused. Both conditions can cause significant distress and impairment to daily functioning, and both often ...

Although it was previously thought that compulsive behavior is the result of a "habit cycle" that suppresses self-control, a ...