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Video (YouTube or Vimeo) 06.07.2021

OCD v OCPD (in partnership with IOCDF)

Learn the differences between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) verse Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) from Eric Storch, PhD. 

Presented in partnership with the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). 

Video (YouTube or Vimeo) 06.07.2021

What OCD Is and Is Not (in partnership with IOCDF)

Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, ABPP explains what obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is and what it is not. He goes over mental health stigma and how OCD can take over your life.

Presented in partnership with the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). 

Blog post 05.26.2021

The COVID-19 Cycle: Social Anxiety and Withdrawal in School-Aged Kids and Teens

ADAA member Dr. Erika Vivyan writes..."Many families are managing anxious and depressive symptoms in their kids and teens who have been isolated for months. This increase in social anxiety and withdrawal in school-aged kids and teens during the COVID-19 pandemic may be best explained by the cycles that perpetuate these symptoms in “the new normal..."
Personal Story 05.20.2021

Whose Brain Is this Anyway?

Ashley's story..."My life experience with anxiety and OCD has gifted me with so much empathy for other people. I know that many people walk around with invisible wounds and demons. The people who we think have it all together fight their own battles behind closed doors..."
Personal Story 05.14.2021

A Journey of Faith, Hope and Love

I felt ashamed and alone. The anxiety was like a dark shadow that followed me everywhere. I isolated myself from everyone.
Blog post 03.07.2021

The Many Masks of OCD

ADAA Member Eda Gorbis, PhD, LMFT shares information about the various forms of OCD and the best treatment options.
Personal Story 02.22.2021

Why I Wrote a Solo Musical to Keep My OCD in Check

Many of us involved in the arts maintain a complicated tango with our mental health. For someone like me, a theatre director, actor and songwriter with lifelong OCD and anxiety, an overactive imagination has been a source of both severe difficulties and some of my most creative work.

Personal Story 12.10.2020

You Can Talk With Me About Mental Illness

At 31 years old, when my therapist told me that I had OCD, I thought, Ah, I get it now. This is what it feels like to have a breakthrough in therapy.