Welcome to Diagnosis Diaries. Throughout this series, we'll share real stories from real people about receiving a diagnosis for a chronic condition. Share on Pinterest Illustration by Brittany England ...
Just as there are only a few safe, efficient passages to Mount Everest, observes OCD specialist Stuart Ralph, only a handful of treatments approaches exist for OCD. Triumphant approaches will be found ...
When I started having intrusive thoughts and compulsions, I didn't know what to do. I didn't think it was OCD because my anxieties didn't match anything I knew to be true about it. But that's what I ...
It is my appreciation for the mind, body and human spirit that motivate me to listen, engage and develop a personalized treatment plan for each of my clients. I use CBT-ERP, ACT, Mindfulness and IPT ...
It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi ...
When I was 29, I babysat for a friend’s toddler. I accidentally took my eyes off him for a second and found him with my ...
Howie Mandel doesn’t shy away from talking about his OCD diagnosis — and how his wife Terry Mandel inspired him to get help. “I’d have my children and my wife spray everything down and not touch ...
The Psychiatric Neurosurgery Program at University of Utah Health combines high-quality, personalized clinical care, leading-edge technology, and a patient-centered approach to studying and providing ...
Despite being diagnosed with OCD at age 9, I didn’t know there was a form of the disorder called relationship OCD until I met my now husband. When I met my now husband, Marc, I didn’t believe in love ...
It was the 1980s. Washington D.C. was being called the “murder capital” of America, and the nightly news in Northern Virginia where I grew up showed an onslaught of politics, gangs, drugs, and guns.
The number of 16-24 year olds in England reporting symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, has more than tripled in a decade, BBC analysis of NHS data has found. The condition is now the ...