Have you ever seen someone washing their hands again and again, or obsessively arranging things in a straight line? Do they get uncomfortable if a bedsheet isn’t perfectly tucked or if an object is ...

Anxiety isn't just an emotion; it's a state that can weave silent habits into our daily lives, especially for women facing social and personal pressures. From childhood, many of us learn to anticipate ...

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 ...

Anxiety is common, with an average of 37.1 per cent of women and 29.9 per cent of men reporting high levels of anxiety in a 2022-23 government survey. While there are a lot of reasons for experiencing ...

A new study from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is changing the way scientists think about compulsive behaviors.