What is OCD? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental health disorder, "where a person gets caught in a vicious cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors," explains Guerra.

Here are the signs that you might be dating a pathological liar, the differences between pathological and compulsive lying, and what to do next.

When Timothy Levine set out to write a book about deception in 2016, he wanted to include a chapter on one of its most extreme forms: pathological lying.

As is the case with habitual liars, his lack of truthfulness was not a result of a mental disorder. Lying should be recognized for what it is, a deliberate and willful act that may become habitual ...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects up to 3% of people globally but is frequently misdiagnosed, often as anxiety, ...

The term obsessive obsessive-compulsive disorder is not well understood and is sometimes thrown around casually. Someone who likes cleanliness and order may say, “I am so OCD about how I ...

Not long ago, this colleague told one of their stories, but this time it related directly to work. It caused a big stir. As usual, what they said may have had a kernel of truth, but it was badly ...

An emerging brain stimulation method could be the next great asset to treating obsessive-compulsive disorder in over two million adults in the United States.

For the first time, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have identified what happens in neural networks deep within the brain during obsessive thoughts and ...

I didn’t know who to talk to. But it wasn’t on my radar to think about this as OCD. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a significant mental health diagnosis in the 21st century.

Hoarding OCD is an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) subtype, or theme, in which someone experiences obsessions and compulsions related to hoarding. Although there are some similarities between ...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a disorder where people have uncontrollable and recurring thoughts or repetitive behaviors, or both.