OCD Awareness Week (#OCDweek) is a worldwide event that serves to dispel myths about obsessive compulsive disorder, break the stigma around mental illness, and provide education about the disorder and… Read more »
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Public Policy Advocacy Toolkit
Introduction Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious and often misunderstood mental health condition where people experience intrusive and unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and perform repetitive behaviors to minimize the anxiety… Read more »
Institutional Member Updates: Summer 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 »
You Are Not Alone: OCD in the LGBTQIA+ Community
By the LGBTQIA+ Special Interest Group As we continue to celebrate Pride Month in 2025 and beyond, one of the missions of the International OCD Foundation’s LGBTQIA+ Special Interest Group… Read more »
Help Yourself: A Self-Help Program to Manage Hair Pulling
This blog was originally posted by the TLC Foundation for BFRBs Written by:Ruth Golomb, M.Ed., LCPC & Sherrie Vavrichek, LCSW-C How do you help yourself when you have a difficult… Read more »
Eating Disorders are Not the Same as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (And Why It Matters)
By Eva Fisher, PhD, Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABBP, ABPP, and Jamie Feusner, MD Many people (including therapists and clinicians) have questions about the similarities and differences between eating disorders and… Read more »
Online OCD Camp: The Volunteer Experience
Over the weekend of January 26, youth with OCD and their families gathered for the Online OCD Camp, an annual event which brings education and support to this special community…. Read more »
2023 IOCDF Research Grant Awards
The IOCDF is proud to announce the seven winners of the 2023 Research Grant Awards, who received almost $1.1 million in funding thanks to the generosity of countless donors. This… Read more »
Is Picking Nails Normal, or a Sign of Something Worse?
This blog was originally posted by the TLC Foundation for BFRBs Picking nails may be nothing more than an old habit that is hard to break, but it could also… Read more »
Breaking Down OCD Myths: Dispelling Misconceptions and Stigma
By Michael Vallejo Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a type of mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and backgrounds. Despite this, many people still have misconceptions about OCD… Read more »
