Obsessive love can cause a person to fixate on loved ones as though they are an object or possession. This can be due to various reasons, ranging from mental health issues to delusional disorders.

Have you ever gotten a thought stuck in your brain, akin to an awful pop tune from the eighties that just keeps replaying in your mind and won't go away? A person I'll call Rachel came to me to help ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a phenotypically complex multidimensional neuropsychiatric disorder. Family and twin studies provide definitive evidence that genetic and environmental factors ...

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an important mental disorder owing to its prevalence and associated disability, and because it is a key example of a set of conditions known as ...

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a chronic condition in which a person demonstrates an excessive focus on details, order and rules, and the need to achieve a perfect outcome, often ...