Awareness week

In collaboration with other global OCD charities, OCD-UK will be hosting a series of events around the country for OCD Awareness Week this October. The date is confirmed for 8th - 14th October 2012, and we already have received confirmation from two anxiety charities here in the UK and Ireland, that they will be on board to support OCD Awareness Week 2012! A week that is completely dedicated to raising awareness of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

If you want to get involved, please do get in touch!

OCD Awareness Week will look to raise awareness not only amongst the general public, but also with health professionals, politicians and policy makers with two key aims: to highlight the different aspects of the illness and to raise awareness about the debilitating nature of the illness and the totally devastating impact it can have on the estimated 742,000 people that are thought to be affected by this illness in the UK alone.

Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome obsessional thoughts, often followed by repetitive compulsions, impulses or urges.

It can be so debilitating and disabling that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has actually ranked OCD in the top ten of the most disabling illnesses of any kind, in terms of lost earnings and diminished quality of life.

We hope that our video will help raise awareness and to offer an insight and educate about the various aspects of the illness to offer a better understanding of the illness, but also perhaps most importantly that we hope that our video will offer hope and inspiration to the estimated 741,504 children and adults living with OCD here in the UK.