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More than half of cancer patients experience ‘scanxiety': a type of anxiety felt by people before, during and after medical testing.

Although obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can involve high anxiety levels, doctors no longer classify it as an anxiety disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly misunderstood ...

Anxiety brings out our tendencies to avoid or wish things were different, but our true agency and effectiveness come from ...

Although it’s not entirely clear what causes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), neuroimaging studies suggest that people with the condition have distinct differences in their brain structure and ...

Roughly 163 million people experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and its associated cycles of obsessions and compulsions. They have unwanted intrusive thoughts, images or urges; they also do ...

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 ...

The role of nutrition in mental health has gained mounting interest from scientists and researchers. Evidence suggests that some nutrition and dietary habits may contribute to mental health conditions ...

New GeneSight ® Mental Health Monitor Reveals 88% of Patients with Depression and/or Anxiety Would Feel More Confident with a Personalized Mental Health Care Plan ...

Individuals who experience hoarding related to OCD may have distressing feelings about discarding items. It can drive compulsive saving behaviors that they recognize as excessive. Obsessive-compulsive ...