We are excited to announce the finalists for the 2014 OCD Awareness Video Contest! Winning videos will be chosen by popular vote this week as part of OCD Awareness Week, and… Read more »
Announcing the OCD Awareness Video Contest Finalists #OCDweek
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Guest Post: Mourning a Friend
We are deeply saddened about the loss of a member of the IOCDF community, Riley Sisson, who many of you may have known from the Annual OCD Conference. Riley is remembered by his mother… Read more »
Understanding OCD — International OCD Foundation uses OCD Awareness Week to Dispel Myths of this Oft-Misunderstood Mental Health Disorder
BOSTON, Mass. (October 8, 2012) — Imagine you woke up one day during a particularly stressful time in your life, and your mind got stuck on a single thought. Perhaps… Read more »
MEDIA ALERT: OCD and PANDAS not associated with premeditated violence
“PANDAS like other forms of OCD, can be characterized by fears of doing something terrible, but not acting on those fears,” says Jeff Szymanski, PhD, clinical psychologist and executive director… Read more »
International OCD Foundation holds first ever walk for OCD Awareness in Boston on Saturday, June 8th, 2013
BOSTON, Mass. (June 3, 2013) — Hundreds of supporters of the International OCD Foundation are expected to turn out at Jamaica Pond on the morning of Saturday, June 8th, to… Read more »
20th Annual OCD Conference Brings World’s Leading Experts on OCD Treatment and Research to Atlanta on July 18–21, 2013
ATLANTA, Georgia (July 16, 2013) — Twenty years after the first conference was held in a small hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota, the Annual OCD Conference has become an international event, bringing… Read more »
International OCD Foundation Launches Much-Needed Pediatric OCD Training for Mental Health Professionals
OCONOMOWOC, Wisc. (September 11, 2013) — The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is launching its first-ever Pediatric Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) on September 13-15, 2013, hosted by Rogers Memorial Hospital… Read more »
IOCDF Launches 1st Annual 1 Million Steps 4 OCD Walk in California and Selects Jeff Bell as Grand Marshal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (April 28, 2014) — The International OCD Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with OCD and related disorders live full productive lives, announced today their first-ever… Read more »
21st Annual OCD Conference Brings Awareness and Leading Research to West Coast
Los Angeles Welcomes Largest International Conference on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2014– The International OCD Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder… Read more »
Conference Social and Day Four
I’m home now, and I’m still coming down from my conference high. I’m sure you are, too. It’s quite a shift from finding inspiration around every corner to having my… Read more »