In the intervening years, he tried numerous forms of therapy, medication, brain stimulation, and residential treatments — all ...

Religious scrupulosity is a form of OCD that had Smith constantly repenting perfectly for every sin he committed, where he ...

In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration approved deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder under a humanitarian device exemption. It has not approved ...

The “personal issues’’ that kept Bradon Smith away from the Indianapolis Colts last season flowed deep and took him to a ...

This story explores suicide. If you are at risk, please stop here and contact 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for support. It ...

Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman Braden Smith opened up about his mental health struggles on Tuesday, April 8, and said ...

I (felt like) was a month away from putting a bullet through my brain.” Smith reportedly suffers from a form of OCD called ...

Indianapolis Colts' right tackle Braden Smith was fighting a war within his head last season and missed the team's last five games. He was eventually diagnosed with religious scrupulosity.

Up until that moment, they’d somehow kept Smith on the field for 12 starts and 731 snaps, playing excellent football even though he was in a desperate fight for his mind. Smith was there for his ...

Right tackle Braden Smith will be back with the Indianapolis Colts this season, something which seemed far from being ...

“And then there’s my OCD god, and the OCD god is this condemning ... which he said “reset” his brain and helped him find God in the correct way. “I can’t explain it, except for ...