IFS for OCD, which is compatible with standard exposure and response prevention (ERP), brings comfort and respect to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers in Okinawa set out to discover the neural basis of how we switch our behavior when situations change.

From work meetings to first dates, it’s essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a ...

Compulsive behavior results from too much self-control caused by brain inflammation, not just habit. Anti-inflammatory ...

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 ...