by Allison Livingston It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week! We’re partnering with 2020 Mom and TheBlueDotProject to raise awareness about Perinatal OCD through blog and social posts, a Reddit AMA on Thursday at 2pm ET, and… Read more »
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To resist is to persist
by Rachel Huber It’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week! We’re partnering with 2020 Mom and TheBlueDotProject to raise awareness about Perinatal OCD through blog and social posts, a Reddit AMA… Read more »
Navigating friendships with OCD: Tips to help youth determine whether to share an OCD diagnosis
by Marni L. Jacob, PhD, ABPP (President, OCD Central & South Florida) & Kyle King (IOCDF Advocate) Friendships are a fundamental part of life, yet OCD can sometimes make it… Read more »
My OCD Story: Chapter 6 & Conclusion
PLEASE NOTE: The following blog post contains discussion of topics that may be upsetting, including suicide. Please take care of yourself as you read this article. If you are in… Read more »
My OCD Story: Chapters 3-5
PLEASE NOTE: The following blog post contains discussion of topics that may be upsetting, including suicide. Please take care of yourself as you read this article. If you are in… Read more »
My OCD Story: Chapters 1&2
PLEASE NOTE: The following blog post contains discussion of topics that may be upsetting, including suicide. Please take care of yourself as you read this article. If you are in… Read more »
Present at the IOCDF Virtual Research Symposium
In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the IOCDF to transition all of our usual conference programming, including our annual pre-conference research symposium, to a virtual format. What began as… Read more »
Public Policy Corner: Spring 2021
Originally published in the Spring 2021 edition of the OCD Newsletter. The beginning of 2021 marked a time of transition to a new session of Congress, along with a change… Read more »
Advancing Research on OCD among African-American Youth and Young Adults
This research was funded by the IOCDF Research Fund. Learn more about the fund and how you can contribute. by Henry A. Willis, MA Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is understudied… Read more »
The Army demanded perfection. Civilian life taught me to ERP.
by CTB I was a recovering perfectionist by the time I drafted into the army. I had chased perfection in high school, but in college I learned to slow down… Read more »