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Faith and OCD Conference: Why Attend?

Attend the Faith and OCD Conference

By Emily Bailey, Psy.D. On Monday, May 1st, the International OCD Foundation will host our third annual Faith & OCD Conference! Faith leaders, mental health professionals, and the OCD Community…

What Makes People of Faith Resist OCD Treatment: Uncertainty

Leaping over rocks

The following deals with matters of Faith as they relate to OCD.  If you are curious about further exploring these topics, we recommend you attend our upcoming Faith and OCD… Read more »

Protestant Christianity and OCD

 by Justin K. Hughes, MA, LPC Protestant Christians who present with symptoms of OCD often wish to know that their faith will be taken seriously when they are being diagnosed,… Read more »

What if I’m Not Religious?

Written by Patrick McGrath, PhD, Chief Clinical Officer at NOCD, and Zachary Appenzeller, PsyD, Assistant Professor, Director, UTHealth Houston Center for Eating Disorders It may come as a surprise to… Read more »

Religious Scrupulosity in Hinduism

by Katie O’Dunne (adapted from article by Patrick McGrath, PhD & Zachary Appenzeller) Scrupulosity is not a faith problem; it is an OCD problem. OCD tends to latch onto the… Read more »

Islam and OCD

by Mubeena Mirza, LCSW (adapted from article by Patrick McGrath, PhD & Zachary Appenzeller) Scrupulosity is not a faith problem; it is an OCD problem. OCD tends to latch onto… Read more »

Catholicism and OCD

 by Caitlin Claggett Woods, Ph.D. and Fr. Thomas Santa, CSsR God is the encompassing all. He is a mystery beyond our comprehension. A perpetual uncertainty that we seek to understand…. Read more »