From the Diagnosis Dictionary

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCD

Do you wash your hands again and again? Are you plagued with intrusive and obsessive thoughts? These types of compulsions can be debilitating. And there are many ways one can display these obsessively compulsive behaviors--try hoarding, hair-pulling, and rearranging the deck chairs, to name a few. Some 2 percent of the population suffers from OCD, that's much more than illnesses such as bipolar disorder.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Tests

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Coping Skills

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The Latest on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

The Secret Key to OCD Treatment AND Confronting Doubt by Jeff Bell

How pet parenthood helped me prepare for the real thing by Seth Meyers, Ph.D.

Can we caffeinate our anxiety away? by Elias Aboujaoude, M.D.

A VERY unscientific explanation for obsessions and compulsions by Jeff Bell

Don't trust peer-reviewed articles especially if they are ghostwritten. by Lennard J. Davis

For OCD, medication not necessarily "as good as it gets." by Stephen Ilardi, Ph.D.

Can Obsessions be Boring? by Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.

Learn to deal with your intrusive thoughts by Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.

Therapy IS a biological treatment. by Elias Aboujaoude, M.D.

Accepting and tolerating your obsessive thoughts. by Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Blogs

Anxiety Files
Simple and powerful techniques for coping with anxiety and worry.
By Robert L. Leahy
Beyond the Doubt
An inside perspective on life with OCD and the lessons of uncertainty.
By Jeff Bell
Compulsive Acts
A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession
By Elias Aboujaoude, M.D.
Obsessively Yours
Exploring the social and cultural roots of personality and its disorders.
By Lennard Davis