ADHD, OCD, and related conditions

Adult ADHD

Ongoing trouble with attention, organization, time, and follow through, sometimes with restlessness or impulsivity. It can look inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive, or a combination of both.

ADHD that was missed in childhood

Many adults, especially women, are not diagnosed until later in life, after years of feeling "lazy" or "not living up to potential."

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Unwanted thoughts, images, or urges (obsessions) and the things you do to relieve the distress they cause (compulsions), such as checking, cleaning, counting, or mental reviewing. We treat all forms of OCD, including contamination, checking, harm, symmetry and "just right" OCD, health OCD, and scrupulosity (religious or moral OCD).

Intrusive thoughts

Disturbing thoughts about harm, sex, religion, or relationships that feel completely unlike you. They are a common form of OCD and are not a sign of who you are.

Relationship OCD

Constant doubt and checking about whether you love your partner or whether the relationship is right.

Body focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs)

Repeated pulling, picking, or biting at your hair, skin, or nails that is hard to stop even when you want to, and often happens without noticing.

Trichotillomania (hair pulling)

Recurrent pulling out of hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or elsewhere, with repeated attempts to stop.

Excoriation (skin picking)

Recurrent picking at the skin that causes damage, often in response to stress, boredom, or tension.

Impulse control disorders

Urges that are very hard to resist, such as explosive anger outbursts, that bring brief relief and then regret or harm to relationships.