obsessive-compulsive disorder Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network https://blogs.bcm.edu/tag/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:47:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://blogs.bcm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2d904ab48738e474191a678dceb72b07.png obsessive-compulsive disorder Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network https://blogs.bcm.edu/tag/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/ 32 32 122339384 “What if I’m secretly gay?” Mental health treatment for identity-related obsessive-compulsive disorder through a justice-based lens https://blogs.bcm.edu/2025/01/24/what-if-im-secretly-gay-mental-health-treatment-for-identity-related-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-through-a-justice-based-lens/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2025/01/24/what-if-im-secretly-gay-mental-health-treatment-for-identity-related-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-through-a-justice-based-lens/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:00:04 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=41269 A closer look at “identity-related obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)" and exposure and response prevention (ERP) with a justice-based lens.

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2022/02/15/when-superstitions-become-a-mental-health-concern/feed/ 0 33229 Brain stimulation device enables new understanding of OCD https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/12/16/from-the-labs-brain-stimulation-device-enables-new-understanding-of-ocd/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/12/16/from-the-labs-brain-stimulation-device-enables-new-understanding-of-ocd/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:39:26 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=32700 Deep brain stimulation resulted in significant improvement of severe OCD symptoms resistant to conventional therapy.

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]]> https://blogs.bcm.edu/2021/12/16/from-the-labs-brain-stimulation-device-enables-new-understanding-of-ocd/feed/ 0 32700 Fact vs. fiction: Understanding OCD and related conditions https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/07/25/fact-vs-fiction-understanding-ocd-and-related-conditions/ https://blogs.bcm.edu/2019/07/25/fact-vs-fiction-understanding-ocd-and-related-conditions/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:26:51 +0000 https://blogs.bcm.edu/?p=23838 depressed-woman-ocdWhat is obsessive-compulsive disorder and how does it differ from related psychological conditions? Dr. Eric Storch explains.

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