A clinical child psychologist told Newsweek that parents overlook anxiety in young children, expecting they will grow out of it.

Key points Children with sudden-onset OCD before puberty may be suffering from PANS or PANDAS. PANS/PANDAS may cause inflammation in the brain that leads to the associated clinical symptoms.

This chain of difficult thoughts would lead Rohan to perform nighttime rituals to try to push his fears away. Having repetitive, intrusive thoughts and performing compulsive rituals can be a symptom ...

A family-based cognitive behavioral therapy markedly improves symptoms in children as young as five years old with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a new study.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is often thought of as a disorder that affects adults. But a new study by Brown researchers shows that it can actually develop in children as young as four years old. The ...

OCD is an anxiety disorder that strikes both children and adults. It is a form of “brainlock,” where distressing thoughts pop up in a person’s mind and refused to be banished. The anxiety ...

While the OCD study also looked at whether children’s use of social media increased obsessive thoughts, 9- and 10-year-olds used platforms much less than older adolescents, and did not show any ...

PANDAS: Strep Throat Can Lead to OCD in Children Karli Bossman's behavior changed instantly from happy to afraid of socks.

New research is good news for children and families who live far away from the nearest treatment centre—or if a new pandemic emerges. "The new tools enable more flexible and varied ways of treating ...

Dear Annie: I’d like to hear from people who were children of a mother with Contamination OCD. My daughter’s therapist determined it is a pretty severe case, but my daughter refuses to go to ...