
A high school student is complaining after she got in trouble for wearing colorful wigs to school. However, the teen has an obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that causes her to pull out her hair. more...
According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, as many as one in 200 children and adolescents struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). more...
New research is showing doctors how to better predict how a child with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may respond to treatment. United Press International reports that researchers from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center in Providence, Rhode Island say OCD is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts or obsessions, in addition to repetitive behaviors or compulsions. more...