Let’s Talk MISOPHONIA “Anyone eating crisps is always going to set me off, the rustle of the packet is enough to start a reaction.” – BBC Article Misophonia: The sound of misery Blog by Jo Edge First published in the …
In a letter for The Times, Professor David Veale calls for the re-opening of the Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit (ADRU) and other specialist mental health services closed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. OCD-UK support Professor Veale’s call to open the …
Earlier this week (5th August 2020) NICE published its interventional procedures guidance for the use of Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. No evidence for TMS What NICE published this week was the recommendation that at this …
What a fantastic podcast to kick off our recommended Podcast of the Week series than an interview with one of our favourite people, Sorcha McCaffrey, an interview that is both beautifully uplifting and inspirational, made possible through the open and …
Friend of OCD-UK, Dr Lauren Callaghan, is currently residing in Australia and inspired by the struggles we have been posting about wanted to try and help. So via Instagram she’s recently started posting a series of daily coping strategies and …
Summary of how coronavirus is impacting on people living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (or more routinely referred to as OCD) is a serious anxiety-related condition where a person experiences frequent intrusive and unwelcome thoughts, commonly referred to as …
For many of us right now life seems stressful and anxiety provoking, even before we add OCD into the mix. To try and alleviate some of that we have collated some of the helpful resources for those living with anxiety …
If you’re like us, the last thing you want to do is read yet another article or social media post about the coronavirus outbreak (or to give it the official name, COVID-19), but the ongoing public health concerns around the …
OCD and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Comment by Ashley Fulwood Chief executive of OCD-UK and someone with lived experience of OCD. As I lay there in the middle of the night, coughing to the point my chest felt like it was going …
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care, and whose guidelines are used across the NHS. NICE are developing a new Interventional Procedures Guidance which looking at using …
One of us has to go They say you should never judge a book by its cover. What do they know? This is a fabulous debut novel by Katja Schulz, a German born UK based writer, and made all the …
As you will be aware, last year we moved into our first ever office space in Derby, after a decade of running OCD-UK from back rooms and garages. Whilst the Derby office served us well in 2017, we identified a number of …
