OCD and anxiety are separate mental health conditions with distinct symptoms. However, a person can have OCD and anxiety at the same time. Stress and anxiety can cause OCD symptoms to worsen.

"I get severely depressed because no one wants to think of their children dying," she says, of the intrusive thoughts that ...

We hear what it’s really like to have OCD and how one man’s tackling the stigma around it. Read more ...

Although it’s not entirely clear what causes obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), neuroimaging studies suggest that people with the condition have distinct differences in their brain structure and ...