Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that affects not only adults but even kids and teens, disrupting their daily activities. People with OCD usually have uncontrollable, ...

Rohan’s nighttime fears of being robbed and abducted began at five years old. At nine, Rohan was still sleeping in his mother’s room plagued by nighttime obsessions. “I feel like we’re going to get ...

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 ...

Do you have a teen or adolescent who feels like life's challenges are too heavy to carry on their own? Are you seeking to find support for your child struggling with OCD or ADHD? I believe that with ...

As a child growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Jessica Whipple didn’t see many children’s books about mental health and neurodivergence that weren’t manuals or work books. As an adult, she ...

Two new studies show associations between screen time and behavioral and psychological risks for children, adding to a growing body of evidence that excessive use of smartphones and other devices can ...

The more time preteens spend in online gaming or glued to video playlists, the greater their risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder. That’s the conclusion of the latest findings in the ...

I’ve tried six online therapy services, and NOCD is the only one that helped me with my OCD symptoms. Read my review to find out how its specialized treatment was effective.

UNSTUCK is an award-winning short film that explains OCD through the eyes of young people. It avoids sensationalizing compulsions and obsessions, and instead reveals the complexity of a disorder that ...

As a Boulder-based therapist, one of my youth intake questions is: When you hear a siren, what is your first thought? Most say: something terrible could have happened to my family. A lucky few have no ...

In 1994, I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, more commonly called OCD. I was 11 years old, and at that point, my parents had known for several years that something was not right with ...