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What's New With The International OCD Foundation
The Home Stretch — Just two weeks to go!!

We are just two weeks away from the 1st annual 1 Million+ Steps 4 OCD Awareness Walk. Already, 140 fundraisers and 49 teams have joined together with their friends, family, and colleagues to raise over $35,000 for the IOCDF!!! Continue reading →
Cheyney, PA, to Washington, DC — A New Journey for OCD Awareness

The backpack is out again, new Brooks athletic shoes have been purchased, and tomorrow I will walk out the door towards Washington, D.C. — Denis Asselin In 2012, Denis Asselin walked over 500 miles, or over 1 million steps, from … Continue reading →
Recovery Is a Journey: Remaining Vigilant

We have recently started featuring guest posts to the IOCDF Blog from people in the OCD community willing to share their stories. Today's post is from Alison Dotson, who you may remember from her recent Huffington Post blog about the depiction of OCD on the HBO show Girls. "I had a hard day last week. Since I was formally diagnosed with OCD nearly seven years ago, I have had more good days than bad, something I sometimes take for granted... Continue reading →

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What's New With The International OCD Foundation

Who We Are

Founded by a group of people with OCD in 1986, the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) is an international not-for-profit organization made up of people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related disorders, as well as their families, friends, professionals and others.  The mission and goals of the IOCDF are to: 

  • Educate the public and professionals about OCD in order to raise awareness and improve the quality of treatment provided;
  • Support research into the cause of, and effective treatments for, OCD and related disorders;
  • Improve access to resources for those with OCD and their families;
  • Advocate and lobby for the OCD community.

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