Share on Pinterest New research suggests there may be a link between the number of hours a child spends playing video games and their risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Carol ...

I have to confess: I’m a user. Before my proper diagnosis and treatment, playing video games was one of the few activities I could count on to reliably reduce my OCD symptoms. I’ve dealt with the ...

It’s with a heavy heart we deliver the following news: Pac-Man Fever is a legitimate mental illness. Earlier this year, a study by the Philadelphia Research Center of Mental Illness found “an alarming ...

It’s with a heavy heart we deliver the following news: Pac-Man Fever is a legitimate mental illness. Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Research Center of Mental Illness Study found “an alarming rate ...

It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has puzzled artists and scientists for centuries. Afflicting one in 50 people, OCD can take several forms, such as compulsively putting things in just the right ...

“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...

There is likely no conclusive answer to which therapy forum works best for treating OCD. Since the start of the pandemic, therapy sessions began being conducted virtually. This is a new development in ...