Children with OCD may experience symptoms like excessive fears about getting sick, extreme disgust over bodily waste, and an ...

From the outside, OCD can look like (and feel like!) an attempt to control others. But actually, it's the person with OCD who ...

As parents, we naturally worry when our children exhibit behaviors that seem unusual or obsessive. We recently had a mother asking about her 10-year-old son who insists on wearing certain outfits on ...

Karli Bossman's behavior changed instantly from happy to afraid of socks. Oct. 5, 2011— -- Karli Bossman was a happy 5-year-old from Clayton, N.C., who loved going to kindergarten -- until one ...

"The treatment that we're delivering , called exposure based CBT or cognitive behavioral treatment, that's really the gold ...

Philadelphia — Emily Becker-Haimes' son had just turned 5 years old when she and her husband began to realize his fear of bugs or his request specifically for "five hugs" felt different. "Was this ...

To most parents, a toddler's insistence on the "right" plate or bedtime routine seems like a normal developmental quirk or just the latest cause of a meltdown. However, for some children, these ...

The parents of a 10-year-old Raleigh boy began noticing strange behavior in their son about a year ago, but had no idea that it could be the result of strep throat. The parents of a 10-year-old ...

OCD can make daily life overwhelming for children, but a supportive home environment can make a significant difference. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition consisting of ...

With Pesach behind us, what better time to take a closer look at the annual burst of intensity that propelled us, in the weeks and days leading to the yom tov, into frenzy cleaning? That sustained ...

With Pesach in front of us, what better time to take a closer look at the annual burst of intensity that propels us, in the weeks and days leading up to the yom tov, into a frenzy of cleaning and ...