Coping with Mental Illness

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the most common psychiatric disorders in the world. Ever since researchers found that the drug clomipramine has positive treatment effects on the...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, depression and bipolar disorder often occur simultaneously. According to Brainphysics.com, "Depression has long been known to be comorbid with OCD, but it was not...

According to the National Institute for Mental Health, around 2.2 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. As noted at the OCDCenter.org's...

OCD stands for "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder," a debilitating mental condition marked by intrusive and distressing thoughts which the patient struggles to be rid of. Psychiatrists have developed...

Paxil is an antidepressant that is used to treat conditions like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. Paxil, or paroxetine, is also used to...

Millions of Americans are affected by various mental health disorders. While home treatment may work for certain mild disorders, a psychiatrist or psychologist should diagnose and treat moderate...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by a combination of undesirable thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive and ritualized behaviors (compulsions). When you have OCD, you always do...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not easily shed. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication in order to fully benefit from counseling. Perhaps most importantly, it takes a real willingness from...

Obsessive compulsive disorder can affect a person’s ability to function in society. OCD is particularly dangerous because it consistently goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years. Often,...

Hypochondriacs often fear that they suffer from a serious illness, seeing symptoms that are not there and even after a medical professional has cleared them, still believe the serious illness or...

Most people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are aware they have a problem but don't know what to do about it or how to change it. Many people with OCD say that they recall...

Most of us know someone we would define as a pack rat. They live by the rules of "one man's trash is another man's treasure" and the belief that most things will be of use if saved for a rainy...