Understanding and Treating Cleaning-OCD

Understanding and Treating Cleaning-OCD

OCD

Do you know someone who spends a lot of time washing, wiping, scrubbing, polishing, and tidying up?  Have you ever wondered if these behaviors could indicate a psychological disorder? The compulsion to clean is a common manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder...
Diet, Exercise, Sleep, and Mental Health

Diet, Exercise, Sleep, and Mental Health

General, Nutrition

Maggie Seaver at Real Simple stated that, based on scientific research, we know that a complex combination of behaviors and lifestyle factors influence our mental health and overall well-being, and that physical and mental health are inherently connected. So just as...
Psychosomatic Symptoms and COVID-19

Psychosomatic Symptoms and COVID-19

Psychiatrist

Wendy L. Patrick, JD, PhD, wrote in Psychology Today that during a pandemic, public anxiety spreads faster than the disease, as people begin to experience symptoms widely publicized as being associated with the virus. This is true even when the only “exposure” they...
Height Phobia

Height Phobia

Anxiety

Are you afraid of heights? How afraid? Have you ever wondered if you have a phobia (i.e. an extreme or irrational fear)? This article will explain the difference between a normal fear and a phobia of heights (sometimes called acrophobia), and end with a review of...