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OCD Awareness Week 2021

OCD-UK 11th October 2021 OCD Awareness Week

Yesterday was World Mental Health Day and also marked the start of OCD Awareness Week which this year we are delighted to be partnering our work with our friends at the panic, phobia and anxiety charity No Panic. While some …

Discovery

OCD-UK 16th October 2019 Awareness (Cat), Blogs, OCD Awareness Week, OCD Experiences

Music Album ‘Discovery’ to Support OCD-UK Matthew Thompson, a member of our Derby OCD-UK support group, has recently come together with fellow artists to produce a music album of songs he has written throughout his life. The songs all feature …

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MIND by Tusks

OCD-UK 15th October 2019 Awareness (Cat), OCD Awareness Week, OCD Experiences, OCD in the Media (Cat)

MIND by TusksAfter battling with paralysing anxiety in 2017, London-based artist and producer Emily Underhill, was diagnosed with a subset of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, that is sometimes called Harm OCD. Known professionally as Tusks, Emily was keen to be vocal …

Emily Underhill Music OCD Awareness OCD Awareness Week Tusks

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Learn more about OCD

This chapter will help you understand OCD better, symptoms and possible causes.

Chapter Contents
Introduction to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What are obsessions?
What are compulsions?
What is a disorder?
Understanding OCD
Types of OCD
What causes OCD
What’s not OCD!
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We have all seen the above World Health Organization reference to OCD, but where did it originate? OCD-UK investigated…

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Having OCD

Having OCD is difficult to live with whilst working at recovery. This section has lots of information, advice and features to help during this time.

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OCD-UK Conference Recordings: 2020 & 2021

Due to the pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 we checked into our virtual hotel to host our annual conference where we flew the flag for recovery. Those presentations are available to access completely free of charge.

Click here to access the recordings from both conferences.

Online OCD Support Groups

Facilitated by staff and volunteers with lived experience, our online support groups are a place to share experiences and exchange recovery focussed ideas.

Learn more about Overcoming OCD

This chapter will help you understand more about the recommended treatments for OCD, including how to access NHS or private treatment.

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Introduction and our role
What is Recovery?
OCD Treatment – An Overview
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?
Medication for OCD
Accessing OCD Treatment
Getting the most from therapy
GP Ice Breaker
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IAPT Database

When people in England seek OCD treatment they are usually referred to their Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service.

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April 2021: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) say no to Deep Brain Stimulation

OCD in Children and Young People

Children and young people can also suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

This section will be updated with information, advice and features for children and young people (up to age 18).

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OCDUKYA Raising Awareness

In 2020, some of the OCD-UK Young Ambassadors worked together on a film to create awareness about OCD.

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A message from the OCD-UK Young Ambassadors to the recently diagnosed

Family, Friends and Carers (FFC)

OCD impacts on the lives of the whole family, especially those that love and care for people with OCD.

This section will be updated with lots of information, advice and features to help families understand and cope better with their loved one’s OCD.

Parents Workshops – East Midlands
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Parents OCD Educational Workshops

We are funded this year to offer a series of workshops for parents of children with OCD. The workshops will take place across the East Midlands and are completely free of charge.

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Therapist guided, parent led ‘Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for preadolescent children with OCD.

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Get involved in the work of OCD-UK through raising awareness or fundraising. We will add more ways to get involved in this section in the weeks ahead.

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We now have guaranteed places in the RideLondon-Essex 100 festival of cycling taking place on Sunday 29th May.

Be quick, you only have until 29th April 2022 to register your place!

Online OCD Support Groups

Facilitated by staff and volunteers with lived experience, our online support groups are a place to share experiences and exchange recovery focussed ideas.

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We have a very busy and active website, so click here to stay up to date with the latest news, blog posts and features.

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Welcome to our new online webinar series

14 Mar 2022

An Investigation into Social Support, Possessions & Obsessions

07 Nov 2021

Unqualified ‘OCD therapists’ exploiting vulnerable people

15 Oct 2021

OCD-UK Christmas Cards

11 Oct 2021

OCD Awareness Week 2021

07 Sep 2021

Introducing our Diversity and Inclusion Charter

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29 Sep 2021

Our ears are wide open – A poem for men with OCD

02 Sep 2021

What we would like our therapists to know

29 Apr 2021

Anybody can call themselves a therapist

23 Apr 2021

The unseen obsession

07 Apr 2021

OCD and Stigma

30 Jan 2020

My OCD – Sorcha

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Charlotte – OCD awareness

29 Oct 2021

India – Recovery is not linear

29 Oct 2021

Anna – OCD doesn’t discriminate

29 Oct 2021

Rachel’s Poem – Gender & Age

01 Oct 2021

Mia’s Poem – ‘The killer of men’

30 Sep 2021

Anna – Men’s Mental Health Theme

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