Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Technology Addiction: A New Form Of Compulsive Behavior

Psychology Today | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


When we think of addiction, most of us think of alcoholism or drug abuse. But the easy access, anonymity, and constant availability of the Internet, e...

Pittsburgh mom says daughter bullied into anorexia

AP | JOE MANDAK | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living


PITTSBURGH — A woman has filed what experts believe is a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Public Schools, claiming her daughter deve...

10 Signs You Have Gone Overboard Organizing

Karen Leland | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Karen Leland

My declaration for what little time is left of summer is to spend less time sorting and more time being with family and friends, reading and lying out in sun.

Ghostwritten Medical Articles Cast Doubt on Reliability of Drugs

Lennard Davis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


Lennard Davis

We need to be extremely careful when we read that "experts have said" or that "experiments have shown" -- particularly when we are looking at difficult-to-treat affective disorders.

Living With OCD

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living


Dr. Jon LaPook

OCD can be a devastating disease. Patients have intrusive, uncontrollable thoughts and severe anxiety centered around the need to perform repetitive rituals.

9 Ways To Stop Obsessing

Therese Borchard | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living


Therese Borchard

The French call Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder folie de doute, the doubting disease. That's what obsessions are--a doubt caught in an endless loop of t...

Obsessive Compulsive Election Disorder Takes Its Toll

Barbara Dehn | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home


Barbara Dehn

In this particular psychological response to variables, the person is unable or unwilling to tear themselves away from media coverage of the upcoming election. Ordinary people with no previous history of repetitive behaviors are suddenly checking polling websites every 1/2 hour.