By Mike Vatter The world may see a successful executive in his forties. They see the perfect reports, the confident presentations, the meticulously organized desk. What they don’t see is… Read more »
The Unseen Chaotic Choreography
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Common Parent Questions, Answered by Young Adults with Lived Experience
This is an ongoing series. New questions and answers will be added to the blog regularly. – Parents of children and young adults with OCD have many questions they’d like… Read more »
Institutional Member Updates: Spring 2025
Institutional Members are clinics and programs in the US and around the globe that offer residential and/or intensive treatment for OCD and related disorders, are specialty outpatient clinics with a… Read more »
Self Care During Distressing Times
Read on for some tips on taking care of yourself during difficult times. You can also download our free coping cards for reminders on the go: Be gentle with yourself… Read more »
“And We’re Live!” — Talking about OCD and Treatment on the Radio
Marni L. Jacob, Ph.D., ABPP, was recently a featured guest on Sirius XM’s Doctor Radio show About Our Kids. In this article, IOCDF communications manager, Amanda Ota, interviewed Dr. Jacob… Read more »
OCD in Owls and Larks
By Jacob A. Nota, PhD, ABPP This article describes the results of a 2019 Michael Jenike Young Investigator Award, an IOCDF funded research project. SUMMARY Research has shown that differences… Read more »
Journey Through the Maze: A Personal Account of Living with OCD
By Sina Tadayon It’s truly challenging to explain to people who don’t have OCD what the condition really entails. They often assume it’s merely a collection of quirks that make… Read more »
What if it’s not God? Finding freedom from scrupulosity
By Aly Prades I can still remember the drop of red food coloring my Sunday school teacher squeezed into a jar of water as an illustration of sin. She lined… Read more »
Reflections Across Faith and OCD
Note: IOCDF is not affiliated with any religious groups and is not a faith-based organization. By Valerie Andrews We are not discussing mental health outside of our intimate circles. We… Read more »
Two Decades of living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
By Ratih Nugraheni of Yogyakarta, Indonesia Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has never been easy for me. The twenty years of enduring struggle have become extremely exhausting not only… Read more »