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Stay informed about OCD and related conditions with news and updates from clinical experts. Scientific information, evidence-based treatments, and more.


Recognizing OCD and Referring for ERP or I-CBT: What Primary Care and Generalist Therapists Should Know
For PCPs, OB-GYNs and generalist therapists: questions that surface hidden OCD, how to respond to harm thoughts, the DOCS screen, and when to refer.

Kiesa Kelly
4 days ago14 min read


I-CBT for Scrupulosity: How It Works on Religious and Moral Doubt
How inference-based CBT works on religious and moral doubt, what the evidence does and doesn't show, and how it compares with ERP. Telehealth in Tennessee.

Kiesa Kelly
Oct 1614 min read


ERP Homework Between Sessions: Why Practice Stalls and How to Restart After a Missed Week
Skipped a week of ERP homework? Why between-session practice stalls, what research says about it, and how to restart with your therapist.

Kiesa Kelly
Oct 714 min read


Mental Contamination in OCD: When a Memory or a Person Makes You Feel Dirty
Feeling dirty after a memory, a thought, or a certain person? How mental contamination works in OCD, how it is assessed, and what helps.

Kiesa Kelly
Oct 115 min read


What Causes Perfectionism? Where It Comes From, How It Links to OCPD, and Whether It Can Be Cured
What causes perfectionism? What research says about genes, parents, trauma and culture, how it links to OCPD, and whether it can be cured.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 3011 min read


Family Accommodation in OCD: What Loved Ones Do That Can Keep It Going, and How to Step Back
Answering the same question, checking for them, changing routines: how family accommodation can keep OCD going, and how partners can step back safely.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 3016 min read


Checking OCD: When Double-Checking Becomes a Compulsion, and How It Differs From Caution or Forgetfulness
Locks, stoves, emails, the drive home: when double-checking becomes a compulsion, how it differs from caution or forgetfulness, and how ERP helps.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 3015 min read


Sensorimotor OCD: When You Can't Stop Noticing Your Own Breathing, Blinking, or Swallowing
Can't stop noticing your breathing, blinking, or swallowing? What sensorimotor OCD is, what to rule out first, and how ERP-based treatment works.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2914 min read


I-CBT for Contamination OCD: How Inference-Based CBT Works
How inference-based CBT works on contamination doubt, what a course involves, how it compares with ERP, and who it may fit. Telehealth across Tennessee.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2813 min read


Scrupulosity: When OCD Attaches to Faith, Prayer, and Religious Practice
Scrupulosity is OCD focused on sin, prayer and doubt. How to tell it from devout practice and religious trauma, and how ERP can work with your faith.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2713 min read


OCD and Agoraphobia: Same Avoidance, Different Fear
OCD and agoraphobia can occur together, and OCD avoidance can look like agoraphobia. How to tell which fear drives it, and why that changes treatment.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2613 min read


Intensive vs Weekly ERP: Cost, Hours, and Who Each Fits
Weekly, twice-weekly, daily, IOP and 4-day ERP compared on hours, calendar time, cost, insurance and research, plus who each format fits.

Ryan Burns
Sep 2613 min read


Hardest Type of OCD to Treat? What Predicts a Harder Course
No OCD theme is the hardest to treat. What research links to a tougher course, what treatment-resistant means, and what helps next.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2513 min read


Waiting for ERP? What Helps and What Makes It Worse
Booked ERP for OCD but still waiting? What helps in the meantime, what tends to make OCD worse, and when not to wait at all.

ScienceWorks Team
Sep 2411 min read


OCD Scores in I-CBT: What Progress Measures Show and Miss
How progress in I-CBT for OCD is tracked: symptom scales, the doubt itself, daily functioning, and what to do when the numbers stall.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2313 min read


Relationship OCD Test or Quiz Result? What It Can't Tell You
You took an online relationship OCD test. Here is what the result can and cannot tell you, how to prepare for a first appointment, and what happens next.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1512 min read


Magical Thinking OCD: Is It Real, and What Helps
Counting, lucky words, 'if I don't, something bad will happen.' What magical thinking OCD is, how it differs from superstition, and what helps.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1513 min read


Real Event OCD: Guilt, Mental Review, and What Helps
When OCD latches onto something that really happened, mental review never settles it. How real event OCD differs from guilt and PTSD, and what helps.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1414 min read


When Googling Your Symptoms Becomes an OCD Compulsion
Searching symptoms, reading Reddit, asking AI chatbots? Learn when online reassurance seeking is an OCD compulsion, and what to do instead.

Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1413 min read


Outpatient OCD Treatment in Chattanooga: Cost and Scheduling
Self-pay OCD therapy for Chattanooga adults by telehealth: $150 to $200 per weekly 50 to 60 minute session, no waitlist, and how to start.

Ryan Burns
Sep 1312 min read
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