OCD
OCD is more than tidiness or checking. These articles explain intrusive thoughts, the common forms OCD takes, how it affects relationships and where medication fits alongside therapy. For evaluation and medication management, start with OCD care at Ridge Way, or browse all articles.
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Pure O OCD: Obsessions Without Visible Compulsions
What Pure O OCD means, the hidden mental compulsions people miss, common intrusive-thought themes, and how it is diagnosed and treated like OCD.
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What is OCD?
What OCD really is beyond the stereotypes, how obsessions and compulsions work together, how it is diagnosed, and the treatments that help most.
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What are intrusive thoughts?
What intrusive thoughts are, why everyone has them, what turns them into OCD, and the treatment approach that takes away their power over your day.
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7 common types of OCD
The main types of OCD, from contamination and checking to symmetry, harm and relationship themes, and why the treatment approach is the same for each.
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OCD in Children and Teens: What Parents Need to Know
How OCD looks in children and teenagers, the signs parents most often mistake for habits or defiance, and the treatments that work at that age.
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Medication for OCD: Pros, Cons, & FAQs
Which medications treat OCD, why the doses and timelines differ from depression, what to expect from the first months, and how therapy pairs with...
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Lesser Known Signs of OCD
The less obvious forms of OCD, including intrusive thoughts, mental rituals and relationship doubts, and why they often go unrecognized for years.
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How OCD Impacts Relationships
How OCD strains relationships through reassurance seeking, rituals and avoidance, and what partners and families can do that actually helps.
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The Connection Between Eating Disorders and OCD
How eating disorders and OCD overlap in thinking and behavior, why they often occur together, and what treatment looks like when both are present.
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8 Coping Strategies for Living with OCD
Coping strategies that help with OCD day to day, the habits that quietly feed compulsions, and how therapy and medication fit around all of them.
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Connection Between Anxiety and OCD
How anxiety drives the OCD cycle of obsessions and compulsions, where the two conditions overlap and differ, and what treatment addresses in each.
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