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Obsessive compulsive traits are part of anxiety issues recognisable by recurring negative, upsetting thoughts or fears (obsessions), managed by compulsions to cope with the...

The continuous barrage of new developments regarding the current outbreak of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) is causing particular challenges for people living with anxiety,...

How common is OCD in children and what are the signs we should be looking for? We share the behaviours at home (and at school) parents can keep an eye out for.

With OCD Awareness Week taking place this month, psychotherapist Noel Bell asks if there is a neurobiological basis for understanding OCD, which can help to provide greater...

Guest writer, Jasmine Mills, tells us what it’s like to be a teenager experiencing mental health problems.

A while back multiple personality disorder was the label used for dissociative identity disorder (DID). Films and books were the subject of what many saw as a sort of strange and...

When people think about OCD and hear someone mention they have OCD, it is most likely that they see OCD in terms of OCD contamination, the fear of washing as the obsession and the...

As the new year has arrived the hype quickens around us all; the implicit and explicit expectations have many people feeling like they ‘should’ be doing something i.e....

Anxiety is a response that prepares us to cope with threats in our environment. For instance, if you are walking in the woods and you encounter a bear, anxiety will prepare you to...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a common mental health disorder in which a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours. These obsessions are intrusive and...