While OCD Awareness Month may have just ended, the focus of advocates remains on eradicating the stigma around the mental health condition. The National Institutes of Health estimates that 1.2% of ...
With obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), certain thoughts can compel a person to perform cleaning rituals or behaviors in order to prevent a consequence they dread. Specific thoughts, known as ...
Contamination OCD is a variation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder OCD, which extends well beyond likability to keeping things clean. Although most people like clean environments, patients who have ...