Skin picking disorder (or “Excoriation”) is a disorder where a person: Picks their skin over and over again, AND The picking is often or bad enough to cause tissue damage… Read more »
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Award Guidelines
Instructions Jenike Young Investigator Awards Innovator Award Instructions The IOCDF is grateful to once again offer two (2) types of research grant awards in the 2026 grant cycle: The Michael… Read more »
Research Participants Sought
The IOCDF is not affiliated with any of the following studies, although we ensure that all research studies listed on this page have been reviewed and approved by an Internal… Read more »
2021 Research Grant Program Call for Proposals
The International OCD Foundation is pleased to announce that we will once again be offering research grants to scientists investigating OCD and related disorders. Over $750,000 in total research funding… Read more »
Conferences for OCD Support
IOCDF Conference Series We are thrilled to offer a variety of conferences — both in-person and virtual — for all those impacted by OCD and related disorders. We encourage the… Read more »
Public Policy Corner: Fall 2020
This post was originally published in the Fall 2020 edition of the OCD Newsletter. As the summer comes to an end and the air starts to take on a pleasant… Read more »
Exercise and recovery from body dysmorphic disorder
by Eva E. Fisher, PhD I am writing this post while gazing out the window at a beautiful Colorado landscape. Today is the first time in almost a month that… Read more »
The other side of fear: reclaiming the life I lost to body dysmorphic disorder
by Kellie Smith I will never forget the first time I looked in the mirror and thought that I no longer resembled a human being. When I looked at my… Read more »
Is seeing believing?
by Dr. James Claiborn People with BDD struggle with what they see when they look at themselves. They often report seeing aspects of their appearance that are distorted, deformed or… Read more »
Make peace, not love
by Dr. Ryan Kaplan Often when people with BDD first come to see me for treatment, they describe their struggles with their appearance and how they hate what they see… Read more »
