"Exposure Therapy/Exposure and Response Prevention." Anyone who does any reading about OCD comes across these terms all the time. Most people (including professionals) THINK that they know what ERP is ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder can make a person feel trapped between intrusive thoughts and an intense need to respond to them ...

When you think about obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, does being a “neat freak” or “germaphobe” come to mind? In fact, OCD is not a personality quirk. It’s a distressing and disabling ...

Some anxious or control-oriented personalities more readily adopt these little rituals, which serve as a way to reassure themselves. As long as it remains occasional and non-intrusive in daily life, ...

Here’s how to tell the difference.