When Your Child Refuses Treatment By Fred Penzel, Ph.D. In the ideal world, everyone’s child goes to treatment willingly, does all their therapy homework, comes to their sessions prepared, and gets recovered in the shortest possible time. Unfortunately, we do
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Finding A Therapist Cognitive Behavior Therapy Medicine Insurance Overview Cognitive Behavior Therapy, also called CBT, is an effective treatment for OCD. About 7 out of 10 people with OCD will benefit from either CBT or medicine.
Medications for OCD
Medicine for OCD Finding A Therapist Cognitive Behavior Therapy Medicine Insurance The following information refers to OCD medicines in adults. For information on medicine in children, click here. This page will focus on medicines, but that is not meant to
Our Local Affiliates
What is an IOCDF Affiliate? Our affiliates carry out the mission of the International OCD Foundation through programs at the local, community level. Each of our affiliates are non profit organizations that are run entirely by dedicated volunteers. If you
Sudden and Severe Onset OCD (PANS/PANDAS) – Practical Advice for Practitioners and Parents
Sudden and Severe Onset OCD (PANS PANDAS) – Practical Advice for Practitioners and ParentsCompiled by Michael Jenike, MD and Susan Dailey, mom and advocate Many thanks to the contributing clinicians and researchers, who answered our questions with great patience, and
International OCD Foundation Warns Infections May Trigger Some Mental Illness
International OCD Foundation Warns Infections May Trigger Some Mental IllnessSudden Onset OCD Featured in Journal of Pediatrics & Therapeutics Other PANS PANDAS InformationPANS PANDAS Information Talking to Your Pediatrician about PANDASPANDAS to Pans (PDF)Microbes and
New Horizons in OCD Research and the Potential Importance of Glutamate. Can We Develop Treatments That Work Better and Faster?
New Horizons in OCD Research and the PotentialImportance of Glutamate Can We Develop TreatmentsThat Work Better and Faster?By Michael H. Bloch, MD, Vladimir Coric, MD, and Christopher Pittenger, MD, Ph.D.Michael Bloch, MD, is a Fellow in the Solnit Integrated Program
Institutional Membership at the IOCDF
Apply for Institutional Membership for your Specialty Outpatient Clinic.In 2009, the IOCDF launched our Institutional Membership Program with a focus on Intensive Treatment Programs (ITPs) to help connect individuals affected by OCD with more treatment options around the world. As a result,
OCD and ADHD Dual Diagnosis Misdiagnosis and the Cognitive ‘Cost’ of Obsessions
OCD and ADHD Dual Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis and the Cognitive ‘Cost’ of Obsessions by Amitai Abramovitch, PhD, & Andrew Mittelman Dr. Amitai Abramovitch is a neuropsychologist and a Research Fellow at the OCD and Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
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Founded by a group of people with OCD in 1986, the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is an international not-for-profit organization made up of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders, as well as their families, friends, professionals and others.