Religious obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), often referred to as scrupulosity, can be very difficult to detect in a child. I bet I looked like any other kid in church. Fidgety. Bored. Mind deathly ...

A young man reads from the Bible. Outward symptoms of scrupulosity include studying and praying excessively. (Kylie Swann) On- and off-campus resources offer hope and help to students who struggle ...

Scrupulosity latches onto the thing we hold most dear—our relationship with God. I didn’t know what scrupulosity was until I was 23 and sitting in a psychiatrist’s office. After months of extended ...

While NFL players were in the trenches of a grueling season, Braden Smith was fighting a different battle: the one going on inside his own mind. In the middle of what was meant to be a ...

Not just cleaning: OCD involves intrusive thoughts and compulsions that can center on harm, morality, contamination, or symmetry—not just tidiness. Subtypes matter: Recognizing variations like moral ...

It’s one thing to read about the signs, symptoms, and types of OCD, the overlap with other mental disorders, the theoreticals about how obsessions and compulsions can affect your life and career and ...

“Pure O” is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It refers to a form of OCD in which people may have compulsions that involve mental rituals more so than specific actions. Although pure obsessional ...