To bring you the most current information about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and its treatment, we have asked some of the top OCD experts to share their perspectives on this web site.
We hope this information will give you new insights and understanding about the disorder and provide new opportunities for you to gain relief from the debilitating effects of OCD.
Click on the links below to read any article:
OCD - General
- Don’t Be Afraid of the Word “Disorder”
- Getting The Right Treatment For An Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- How I Treat OCD
- Ten Things You Need To Know To Overcome OCD
- What Does Habituation Mean?
- What The Heck is “Obsessive Slowness?”
- Resilience in the Recession: Seven Strategies to Free Yourself from Negative Thinking
OCD and Tourette Syndrome
Contamination
Compulsive Checking
Compulsive Hoarding
- How To Get Hoarders Into Treatment
- Saving The World
- Resisting the Desire to Acquire
- Animal Hoarding: An Overlooked and Misunderstood Problem
Eating Disorders
Family/Friends
- Families of OCD Sufferers Seldom Get The Help They Need: Why They Don’t and Why They Should
- Someone I Care About Is Not Dealing With His OCD: What Can I Do About It?
- You, Your Spouse and OCD: Three’s a Crowd
- Roadmap to Recovery: Families of Adult OCD Sufferers Living at Home
Harming and Morbid Obsessions
- How I Treat OCD Killer Thoughts: Treating Violent Obsessions
- “But I Love My Kids” (Parents Who Think About Harming Their Children)
- Treating Morbid Obsessions
Hypochondriasis
Insurance
Parents and Children
- Avoiding the Overprotection Trap: A Therapist’s Advice for Parents of Kids with OCD
- Being The Most Effective Parent: Strategies for Managing Your Feelings
- Beyond the Blues: Postpartum OCD
- What Happened to My Child? How To Manage and Overcome Bad Thought OCD
- How To Manage Your Parents When You Have OCD: A Guide for Teens
Perfectionism
- Perfectionism: Are You Sure It Pays Off?
- The Search for Imperfection: Strategies for Coping with the Need to be Perfect