ORLANDO, Fla. — Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a mental health condition. Obsessions include recurring, distressing thoughts of ideas that cause anxiety and compulsions are physical or ...

Dr. Szymanski answers the question: 'Exposure Therapy For Anxiety Disorders?' — -- Question: What is exposure therapy, and how is it used for the treatment of anxiety disorders? Answer: Exposure ...

Patrick McGrath, world renowned anxiety expert and author, I was trained via the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF.) I use CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and ERP Therapy (Exposure and Response ...

Background There is growing evidence of the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for a wide range of psychological disorders. There is a continued controversy about whether challenging ...

People with relationship OCD, on the other hand—or R-OCD, a lesser-known subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder—can’t.

I am trained in CBT, ERP, COMB, HRT, and ACT to help you address symptoms and teach you the skills to continue progressing through the world. I work in the states of Colorado (CO) and Montana (MT) ...

Mixed reality exposure and response prevention (MERP) therapy showed no significant advantage over self-guided exposure and response prevention (SERP) therapy among individuals with ...

Specifically, Albanese and her team found that among the 373 women reporting OCD symptom onset, 5% noticed their OCD symptoms began at the onset of menopause. Of the 265 women reporting symptom change ...

People with OCD tend to give themselves a hard time. When they're stuck on an obsession, they reach a critical choice point, Jerud says: They can either give in to their urges to try to reduce their ...

Beyond simple quirks and preferences, OCD creates a debilitating cycle of unwanted thoughts and ritualistic behaviors that can hijack everyday life. This mental health condition affects approximately ...

You’ve probably seen it before: the TV character dramatically washing their hands or painstakingly straightening every object on their desk. You’ve probably heard people on social media saying, “I’m ...