What Is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What You Need to Know

 "A thought connected to OCD is probably more prevalent in my life than any other thought in the course of a day."

            -Howie Mandel, actor and television show host

Along with more than two million other Americans, Howie Mandel has obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. He was first diagnosed with the disorder as an adult, but remembers having symptoms as a young child. Watch him talk about his OCD.

While people often jokingly refer to being "so OCD," when someone ac...