Tag Archives: OCD

OCD Information (NAMI Website)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by repetitive, unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and irrational, excessive urges to do certain actions (compulsions). Although people with ...

OCD: When Thoughts Take Over (NIMH)

Do you feel the need to check and re check things over and over? Do you have the same thoughts constantly? Do you feel a very strong need to perform certain rituals repeatedly and feel like you have n ...

OCD (ABCT Fact Sheet)

Far more common than previously thought, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) now receives widespread attention from the general public. Reports in the media are frequent, but not always correct. The t ...

Questions and Answers about OCD

October 14-20 is OCD awareness week, so it seemed timely to discuss some common myths, misconceptions, and questions people have about obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD is a mental disorder which can ...