Children with OCD may experience symptoms like excessive fears about getting sick, extreme disgust over bodily waste, and an ...

Dozens of people took part in a walk to raise awareness of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) this Saturday. The ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with unwanted recurring thoughts or images (obsessions), and repetitive behaviors (compulsions) intended to relieve the obsessive thoughts. OCD has ...

Are we misdiagnosing autism? The number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder has skyrocketed in recent years — ...

Karli Bossman's behavior changed instantly from happy to afraid of socks. Oct. 5, 2011— -- Karli Bossman was a happy 5-year-old from Clayton, N.C., who loved going to kindergarten -- until one ...

Boston 6-year-old chosen to lead Million Steps Walk for OCD awareness. June 6, 2014— -- Cameron Lucas-Pelletier was only a toddler when his parents noticed he had a nervous tic, “fluffing” his ...

You likely know what OCD stands for, but many people don't know what having obsessive-compulsive disorder actually means.

CA, UNITED STATES, August 21, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Author Marin Canaday is breaking new ground in children’s mental health literature with her acclaimed book The Very Best Me, a powerful and ...

A primary school-going boy, usually cheerful and full of energy, suddenly became consumed by a fear of germs. His hands, dry ...

"The treatment that we're delivering , called exposure based CBT or cognitive behavioral treatment, that's really the gold ...

Dear Doctors: I was surprised when reading one of your columns about obsessive-compulsive disorder that you didn't talk about the connection to strep throat. My daughter developed OCD symptoms this ...