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Posts Categorized: OCD Awareness Week
Announcing the Launch of Anxiety in the Classroom
We are pleased to announce the launch of Anxiety in the Classroom, our brand new online resource focusing on anxiety and OCD in the school setting. Whether you work within… Read more »
How The Media Gets OCD All Wrong—UK Based Podcast Helps OCD Sufferers Find Recovery
In the podcast series, The OCD Stories, founder Stuart Ralph discusses how the media often gets Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) wrong with Hollywood writer, producer, and OCD sufferer, Harris Goldberg. Goldberg… Read more »
Help, Hope, and Healing
This story is part of our blog series called “Stories from the OCD Community.” Stories from the community are submitted and edited by Toni Palombi. If you are interested in… Read more »
Help Separate OCD Myths from the Facts
As you know, many people have misconceptions about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). As part of OCD Awareness Week we want to help dispel common myths about OCD, but we need… Read more »
OCD Capital Walk: A message from our Grand Marshal, Shannon Shy
Shannon Shy is the President of the IOCDF Board of Directors, a Member of OCD Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors, and now, the Grand Marshal of the OCD Capital Walk! In the… Read more »
Casting a Spotlight on OCD: Announcing the 2017 #OCDweek Video Contest
Are you ready for your close-up? This year OCD Awareness Week will be taking place October 8 – 14, 2017! Along with various other events and programs, we are excited to… Read more »
OCD Awareness Week is here! How can you get involved?
Today is World Mental Health Day, and it’s also the beginning of OCD Awareness Week. All week long we’ll have events going on around the country dedicated to raising awareness… Read more »
Save the Date for the IOCDF’s 30th Anniversary Party in Boston
In 1986, a small group of individuals with OCD in Connecticut got together with the idea that they could help others who may be experiencing the same problems, and formed… Read more »
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the IOCDF Hero Award!
As we’re winding down after another excellent OCD Awareness Week, it’s great to look back on the various events and activities that took place. What stuck out the most during… Read more »