Eating disorders and OCD can look strikingly similar on the surface. Understanding what drives the behavior is essential for ...

A recent study in rats suggests that compulsive behaviors, such as handwashing and gambling, may be driven by inflammation in the brain rather than habit loops. Researchers found that ...

Other examples of Pritzker’s villainous and dishonest rhetoric include when he claimed that DHS, ICE, and other officers were “raiding neighborhoods” and not arresting criminals or other bad guys, but ...

Seyfried, 40, said she was diagnosed with “really extreme” OCD when she was 19 years old. In an interview with Vogue, ...

Monkey experiments hint at a "motivation brake" pathway between two brain regions. Manipulating it may lead to new treatments ...

Maia Kinney-Petrucha speaks with Business Insider about being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder at age 4.

"He seems to think he is always right about everything. He has never issued an apology as long as I've known him. " ...

A decade and a half ago, TLC turned a voyeuristic lens to everyday people with unusual habits in the reality show My Strange Addiction. But the show more often than not covered obsessions rather than ...

A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that individuals who excessively use their smartphones ...

Like drug addiction, greed hijacks the brain's reward system. In healthcare, this pathological pursuit of profit has life-or-death consequences.

NJ sports betting bills are back as lawmakers revisit micro bets, college prop limits, sweepstakes regulation, and stricter ad rules.