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Clinical Trial
03.14.2022
The Genetics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Latin Americans
Description of Study
Baylor College of Medicine and the University of North Carolina would like to present the Latin American Trans-Ancestry Initiative for OCD Genomics, or LATINO. Led by Drs.
Principal Investigator
Eric Storch, PhD, and James Crowley, PhD
Personal Story
03.11.2022
You Can Teach an Old(er) Dog – With OCD – New Tricks! (Or Why I Attended an OCD Treatment Program in My Late 40s)
...I feel that my experience in an OCD Treatment program with an ERP focus was definitely a positive one. I successfully completed exposures forcing me to face some of my worst OCD fears. I feel that I lessened my OCD urges and took some control back over my emotional well-being.
Blog post
03.05.2022
What Happened to My Child? Understanding and Treating “Bad Thought” OCD in Children
The most common rituals for this form of OCD is confessing thoughts to parents and seeking reassurance. While this is the most distressing part for parents, the good news is that if the parents are involved, they can help their children.
Webinar
02.03.2022
Needle Anxiety and How You Can Manage It
Many experience distress about needles. This can interfere with our healthcare, or make the experience very distressing. This webinar offers a simple breathing skill that can help and is based on many years of research.
Personal Story
02.02.2022
They're Just Thoughts
“They’re just thoughts,
And I don’t need to believe them, right?.”
Blog post
02.01.2022
Managing COVID-19 Fears as Mental Health Professionals
Many mental health professionals are now conducting patient visits virtually. I am one of the only psychologists left in my building who has stayed behind to continue in-person work while abiding by COVID protocols. Since our practice specializes in refractory OCD spectrum disorders and anxiety disorders a lot of the work done at our outpatient clinic requires in-vivo exposures, which cannot be replicated on Zoom.
Personal Story
12.09.2021
Realizing My Power
I want to start off by saying I never knew or really understood anxiety. I have always been someone who worries, stresses, and constantly wondered "what If." It became normal and a constant in my life.
Personal Story
11.04.2021
So OCD
I know what it means to have frequent intrusive thoughts -I know what it feels like to have a mental illness that is consistently stigmatized.
I’m so OCD
Blog post
10.28.2021
It's Not Just OCD About Physical Appearance: Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder
In BDD, people are tormented by obsessive thoughts associated with a part or parts of their physical appearance being flawed in some way, yet these flaws tend not to be noticeable to anyone but themselves.
Personal Story
10.18.2021
Changing the Future of Mental Health and Athletics
A panic attack derailed baseball player China McCarney's plans for competition. Years later, he's learned how to cope with his anxiety and is inspiring athletes around the world to do the same.
Blog post
10.12.2021
The Power of Saying, “Whatever"
I’m a psychologist who treats OCD and Anxiety Disorders. When my patients get to a point in treatment when they shrug their shoulders and say to me, “Yeah, I had an intrusive thought, but ‘Whatever”, I know we have hit a home run.
Video (YouTube or Vimeo)
08.13.2021
What is ERP like for Contamination OCD
Ben Eckstein, LCSW, discusses the use of exposure and response prevention (ERP) when treating contamination obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He explains hierarchies, which are the ratings of triggers that cause the least amount of anxiety to the most amount anxiety.
