As part of International OCD Awareness Week 2016, a panel of experts in obsessive compulsive disorder will offer a free program on OCD for the community.

Drs. Jon Abramowitz, Aureen Wagner, and Annette Perot will share information regarding current developments in the treatment of OCD and then answer your questions regarding OCD in children, teenagers and adults. They will be joined by someone dealing with OCD, who will share his experience.

• Jon Abramowitz, PhD, is a professor and director of the OCD/Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of a self-help book for people with OCD entitled, “Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life.”
• Aureen Wagner, PhD, clinical child psychologist and founder of The Anxiety Wellness Center in Cary, NC, has authored several books on OCD, including: “Up and Down the Worry Hill,” “What to do When your Child has OCD,” and “Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents.”
• Annette Perot, PhD is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Durham, NC, where she has specialized in the treatment of adults with OCD and related disorders for over 20 years.