Co-Occurring Disorders

Intrusive thoughts are unwelcome and upsetting ideas or images that come into our minds, without any intention from us. While there isn’t a perfect plan to manage intrusive thoughts, the author has some key recommendations.

Fall 2024 New Member Books Focus on Obsessions, Compulsions, and Intrusive Thoughts: Introducing Comorbid Eating Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook, and Hello Baby, Goodbye Intrusive Thoughts

No parent wants to make things worse for their child, and certainly not when they’re already struggling with mental health symptoms, but explaining what is causing a child’s inner havoc and distress or outer symptoms can be a relief. It can separate the child from the symptoms.

To change societal perceptions towards OCD, we must first understand what those perceptions are. The purpose of this post is to share key takeaways regarding pre-service teachers’ (PSTs’) perceptions of and stigmas towards OCD, and how we can increase awareness within our schools and communities.

Whether we hear the term from a client, another provider, or our own classification of someone’s symptoms, “compulsions” tend carry with them some level of assumption – that this might just be OCD.