What's New

You can still register to attend the IOCDF's Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI), a 3-day intensive training on CBT for OCD, at Rogers Memorial. The BTTI is the only training of its kind and is renowned in the field of OCD treatment as the premier training for the effective treatment of OCD and related disorders.

Our BTTI’s always sell out quickly, so be sure to register soon. For more information, click here.

As part of this year's OCD Awareness Week (October 8-14), the IOCDF will be once again be holding a contest for artistic expressions of OCD experiences. Participants have a chance to enter into one of four categories: painting/photography, personal story/poetry/fiction, short film/video/animation, and song/music. To find out more or to submit an entry, visit: http://ocfoundation.org/awarenessweek/.

Starting April 24, Denis Asselin will begin a 500 mile walk from Cheyney, PA to Boston, MA. Denis is walking in honor of his 24 year-old son, Nathaniel who took his own life after a 13-year struggle with BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder). The route will include stops at hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, and treatment facilities that were part of Nathaniel’s journey, as well as places of joy such as The Bryn Mawr Birth Center, Goshen Friends School, The Shipley School, Westtown School (where he was a student, teacher and coach), and the Good Fellowship Ambulance and EMS unit where he often volunteered.

Denis hopes to raise awareness about BDD and OCD and to generate funds for desperately needed research. By finding better treatment and raising awareness, we can offer to others the hope that Nathaniel needed and so richly deserved. To support the walk, friends and family are creating their own events, some are joining him on short segments of the walk, and many are contributing to the IOCDF to transform Nathaniel’s suffering and his family’s pain into new possibilities for others.

Click here for more information.

When: Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 9:00 am- 4:15 pm
Where: Palace Arts Center, 300 S. Main Street, Grapevine, Texas (Dallas area)

The conference is free of charge and is open to anyone who has OCD, thinks they might have OCD, knows someone who has OCD, works with or is interested in working with OCD, or wants to learn more about OCD.

Registration begins at 8:30 am. Boxed lunches are available for an additional charge. Support groups will be held after the conference from 4:15-5:00 pm. For the full conference agenda and to pre-register online, please go to the OCD Texas website: www.ocdtexas.org.

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