Worcester financial literacy class pushes neurodivergent adults toward independence

Financial literacy skills are rarely taught to developmentally disabled adults, but one teacher argues they are some of the ...
USA Today

'AGT' judge says he can't remember life without OCD. Here's how he copes.

Howie Mandel wasn’t diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) until his 40s, but he says the condition profoundly impacted his entire life. “I don’t remember not experiencing OCD,” the ...
Medical Xpress

Trauma can trigger OCD, not just PTSD, new study finds

In the aftermath of the October 7th attacks in Israel, a team of psychologists and psychiatrists noticed an unsettling pattern among survivors: obsessions and compulsions that hadn't been there before ...
Newsweek

OCD Linked to Specific Genes, New Study Finds

A new genetic study of more than 50,000 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cases has linked around 250 genes to the condition, including more than two dozen identified as likely causal, in about 30 ...
The Conversation

Researchers uncovered hundreds of genes linked to OCD, providing clues about how it changes the brain − new research

Carol Mathews receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is a member of the scientific advisory boards for the Family Foundation for OCD Research and the International OCD Foundation ...
New Scientist

A fresh understanding of OCD is opening routes to new treatments

When my daughter was young, she washed her hands a lot. We might have poked what we thought was gentle fun at her, saying she was “a little bit OCD”. Later, she began to disclose “bad thoughts”, which ...
People

John Green’s OCD Was 'Terrifying' and 'Debilitating' Growing Up, Says It’s Often 'Treated As Freakish'

“When I’m really sick, I can’t read a menu let alone function in the world,” said ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ author Eric Charbonneau/Getty YouTube personality and bestselling YA author John Green is ...
Healthline

How Rumination Can Fuel the OCD Cycle

Rumination is a type of obsessive thinking that’s common across many types of OCD. If excessive rumination is starting to add stress to your life, therapy can help you learn to break the cycle. Have ...
The Conversation

People with OCD are more likely to die earlier, of any cause

[email protected] has received funding from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE), Region Stockholm (ALF funding), the Swedish Society of Medicine ...
Healthline

Your Guide to Somatic OCD and Its Treatment

Many people living with OCD experience symptoms and compulsions related to their body and body functions. This is referred to as somatic OCD. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental ...
CNN

What OCD is — and what it isn’t — according to the experts

When someone likes things just so or always seems to have their home in perfect condition, others may say “he is so OCD.” But OCD — obsessive-compulsive disorder — isn’t a nifty personality trait of ...