Hospitals and Healthcare

When I sought help for crippling invasive thoughts, I was told I had a disease like any other. But I wasn’t able to recover until I understood the fallacy at the heart of mental healthcare

OCD is often considered a quirk or a helpful personality trait, but it’s more serious and often more debilitating than that, experts say. Here’s what you need to know.

People can be reluctant to discuss symptoms with their doctor. When they do, their symptoms can be mistaken for other illnesses. Even when people are diagnosed, they don’t always get the right treatment.

Recognizing that neurodiversity exists helps humanize everyone.

For some the pandemic has worsened their symptoms, but others say social distancing and hygiene measures have made life easier

Many Australians experience obsessive-compulsive disorder and Yasmin Arkinstall is one of them. She's telling her story through a one-person opera.

As the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder increases sharply, a Melbourne mother of three has written a candid memoir – hoping it helps others to a quicker diagnosis and relief.

More than half a million Australians will experience obsessive compulsive disorder in their lifetimes. So what is it, and how is it treated?

A Melbourne clinical trial investigates whether Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation can help people with obsessive compulsive disorder. The treatment has already been approved for patients in the United States.