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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Web Sites .FamilyWeb { color: black ; background: white ; } .OCD { color: black ; background: #FFFFCC ; } Home GEONius.com 26-Aug-2011 E-mail Again and Again![[Person trapped in box]](http://www.geonius.com/ocd//manrun.gif) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Web Sites(since 1995)"Having OCD is like being allergic to life - every waking moment is spent in a state of mental hyper-sensitivity."On This Page On Separate Pages First of All  Obsessional Medals of HonorChildren and TeensHumorInspirationMiscellaneousTourette SyndromeTrichotillomaniaOther Mental Health ResourcesDiagnosisTreatmentDoctors and ClinicsOrganizations and Support GroupsBooks, Fiction, and PoetryArts/Entertainment/MediaOn-Line Discussions, Forums, and MoreMusicPersonal Web PagesReligionFrankand Ernest First of AllIf you're new to the OCD world, seeking information and help for yourself,a loved one, or a friend: Visit the web sites of the Internation OCD Foundation (IOCDF) (USA), its affiliates (USA), and similar organizations in other countries. (IOCDF was formerly called the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, hence the acronym OCF you'll see here and there on this web site, particularly in the names of the affiliate organizations.) The IOCDF has some brief overviews of the diagnosis and treatment of OCD: What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? - is a small collection of introductory articles about OCD in general. A separate page, Treatment of OCD, has articles about treating OCD. OCD in Children and Teens - is a small collection of introductory articles about OCD and its treatment in children and teens. Contact an OCD support group near you. Even if you don't join the group, the contact person may be able to direct you to other resources in your area. Find professional help: a psychiatrist for medication and/or a psychologist for behavior therapy. Search the IOCDF's free Treatment Providers List for OCD specialists in your area. My Doctors and Clinics page lists OCD professionals I have found on the web. Not all psychiatrists and psychologists are knowledgeable about OCD, so learn as much as you can beforehand about OCD and its treatment. Cherry Pedrick's OCD Online Course #9487 provides a very readable, comprehensive overview of diagnosis, treatment, and other aspects of the disorder. And Dr. Michael Jenike's "How to Choose a Behavior Therapist" applies equally as well to psychiatrists administering drug treatments. Look into some of the on-line discussion forums. (The Yahoo OCD-Support group has been around for many years and is very active.) You can ask questions and get answers from people in the same boat as you. Don't divulge personal information that may identify you. ... more when I think of it ... The experts speak at Expert ConsensusGuidelines: "Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" is a collection of guidelines, presented in tables and text, for selecting various types of treatment for OCD. The target audience is professionals in the field. The list of experts who drew up the guidelines reads like a Who's Who of OCD research. "A Guide for Patients and Families" provides an in-depth look at what OCD is and how it is treated. An exceptional site: Tourette Syndrome "Plus" - Dr. Leslie Packer. An incredible, very big, but well-organized site that covers Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, "rage attacks", mood disorders, and autistic/Asperger's disorder. For each disorder, you'll find original writings by Dr. Packer (coming out of her clinical practice and from her own experience raising a child with TS), information on diagnosis and treatment, extensive bibliographies, and links to other resources. If you are the parent of a child with one or more of the above disorders, please take note of the Education page. The articles on this page, some aimed at parents and some aimed at teachers, should prove invaluable to parents seeking to get the educational help for their children that the children need, deserve, and are legally entitled to. An online course for nurses that provides a thorough overview of OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Online Course #9487 - by Cherry Pedrick, R.N. Given the article's readability and the amount of information it gathers into one place, I would suggest that this is highly recommended reading for anyone (patient, family members, and friends) first setting out to seek medical/psychiatric help for OCD. My Experience with OCD What is OCD? Etiology and Diagnosis Symptoms of OCD A Closer Look Treatment of OCD (medication, BT, CT, and CBT) Psychotherapy OCD in Children and Adolescents Pregnancy and OCD Comorbidity Family Support The Nurse's Role OCD on the Job (Don't be confused by the purchasing and buying talk on the web site. The course material is what you see for free on-line. To get a Continuing Education certificate for the course, you need to fill out an evaluation form and pay for the certificate, which is $21.95 for Cherry's course. The evaluation form is short and simply asks you how well you liked the course. If you aren't interested in a certificate, sit back and enjoy reading the material - for free!) Finally, where would we be without NIMH? National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder National Library of Medicine (NLM) MedlinePlus: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - links to OCD information. Trastorno Obsesivo-Compulsivo - the above, in Spanish. Obsessional Medals of HonorChris Vertullo - founder and moderator of the OCD-L mailing list. She has also initiated and been involved in other OCD-related activities (Wayback Machine): Hudson Valley Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Conference, 1999 MaristScope blurb, and holding a $45,000 check! A colleague at Marist College in 1997, Dan J. Stein, M.D., Ph.D., wrote a paper about the OCD-L mailing list: "Psychiatry on the Internet: Survey of an OCD Mailing List" (abstract, with a link to the paper in PDF format).Fairlight - hosted the original OCD web site. The site has been permanently discontinued. (Wayback Machine)Dr. James Claiborn - is a long-time participant on the OCD-L mailing list and, formerly, the alt.support.ocd newsgroup. (Interview transcript: "How to Help Patients with OCD") Also see his listing on my "OCD Doctor and Clinics" page. Children and TeensI originally had "Children and Education" on a separate web page, butI updated it infrequently. My children are now grown, so I have even lessincentive to update it, unfortunately. My other OCD web pages have resourcesfor children; for example, I've tried to include the age-appropriateness ofbooks and movies. As time permits, I'll try to winnow down the links in thissection to the most useful links I've found for children, teens, parents,teachers, and health-care providers.Education Maryland Learning Disabilities Association of Montgomery County Maryland MCneeds - "Discussion of special needs population for Montgomery County, Maryland." The Parents' Place of Maryland - "A Center for Families of Children with Disabilities". The site has a number of useful publications on IEPs. Internet Special Education Resources - "a nationwide directory of professionals who serve the learning disabilities and special education communities". Learning Disabilities Association of America "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Young People" - factsheet 26 from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago: "Got OCD?" - is a downloadable brochure "designed specifically for teens and pre-teens". How to Help Your Child: A Guide for Parents - is a downloadable 24-page overview of OCD symptoms, treatment, classroom issues, and resources. OCD Education Station - "is designed to provide valuable knowledge about OCD for all school personnel, including regular, bilingual, special educators, school psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, administrators, and paraprofessionals." And parents too, of course! Tourette Syndrome "Plus" - Dr. Leslie Packer. An incredible, very big, but well-organized site that covers Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, "rage attacks", mood disorders, and autistic/Asperger's disorder. For each disorder, you'll find original writings by Dr. Packer (coming out of her clinical practice and from her own experience raising a child with TS), information on diagnosis and treatment, extensive bibliographies, and links to other resources. If you are the parent of a child with one or more of the above disorders, please take note of the Education page. The articles on this page, some aimed at parents and some aimed at teachers, should prove invaluable to parents seeking to get the educational help for their children that the children need, deserve, and are legally entitled to. Resources for Children JJ's Place - The Childhood OCD Project - "JJ's Place is a membership site for kids with OCD, their families, friends, teachers, and therapists. Here you can learn about OCD, play games, interact, and get your questions answered." This is an attractive web site that doesn't appear to have gotten off the ground, probably due to a lack of publicity. The membership requirement is for communicating with other children who have OCD; there is no indication of how up-to-date the displayed messages are. The resources for parents, etc. are useful, especially the long list of movies. (I was surprised to see my own web site listed under "Links"!) IOCDF's OCD in Children and Teens - is a small collection of introductory articles about OCD and its treatment in children and teens. KidsHealth - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - is an article about OCD in children and its treatment. The web site is sponsored by Nemours® - A Children's Health System, which has locations in Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The Find a Doctor page allows you to search by name, location, and specialty; unfortunately, the specialty for psychological disorders such as OCD is the extremely broad "Psychiatry and Psychology". Books I used to list books here, but a more complete and better organized list of books for children, parents, teachers, and health professionals is found on my Books page.Computer OC-Fighter: Online OCD Treatment - CCBT (Computer-aided Cognitive Behaviour Therapy), derived from the Maudsley BTSteps program. Teen OCD - a formerly active web site for teens with OCD; fortunately, the ocdteen mailing list is still active. Movies The Surface - a short film by Adam Bernard about a teenager with OCD. (IOCDF review) Theater The Intelligence of Jenny Chow - a play by Rolin Jones about a teenage computer guru with OCD. (Review) HumorPsychological disorders are not to be taken lightly, but, like some, I am astrong believer in laughter being the best medicine (or at least up there withthe SSRIs!). Different people have different senses of humor, however, soskip this section if the thought of OCD jokes bothers you. "I can't marry someone with OCD, because then he wouldn't be able to carry me over the threshold!" (My daughter, when she was 10 or 11, and who had trouble crossing thresholds.) The Ask Fluffy Archives - treating Feline OCD with Purrzac! Attainable Affirmations! Dr. Katz: Cyber-Therapist (Wayback Machine) - includes a couple of OCD references. Exceptional Learner (Wayback Machine) - the web site for an education course taught at Bowling Green State University, had some OCD links and a brief review of As Good As It Gets. It was a serious site, but I, at least, had to laugh: my page is listed as "created by the Alex Measday Organization"! I accept compliments wherever I can find them and no matter how untruthful! Johnny Depp Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - reveals a top-secret memo about a disorder, JDOCD, found only among Johnny Depp fans. A sharp increase in the incidence of JDOCD was noted in July 2003, coincidentally the same month that Pirates of the Caribbean was released. One doctor has reported some success with Exposure Response-Prevention (ERP) therapy in the form of repeated viewings of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Mensans and Their Obsessions - a must read! Mensans with OCD get together and compare their symptoms; from coping with round waffles to turning upside-down cakes right-side up, it'll have you "rolling on the floor with laughter". "Oh, What a Beautiful OCD Morning!" - sung to the tune from the Oklahoma! musical. "The Plague of Tics" - is a reading by David Sedaris from his book, Naked. The passage chosen is a semi-humorous, semi-serious description of his childhood struggles with OCD. (MP3 and RealAudio formats) "Pooh Suffers 'Psychological Problems'" - Winnie the Pooh obsessed with honey? Smiles For You - check out #70. (I think it's #70 ... maybe I better count again!) 10 Signs That You Might Be Obsessive-Compulsive (scroll down) - by S. Michael Pettey. Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor Managed Care Jokes - from Northern County Psychiatric Associates (see Doctors and Clinics). Forrest Maready's The OCD Alien - "An Alien Observes the Human User Experience". OCD-related postings are found under OCD & the APE-heads. (APE stands for Adult Picky Eaters, referring to people with food- and diet-related OCD.) Forrest's postings, on both OCD and non-OCD topics, are hilarious and will be sure to brighten your day. Go read. Some additional humor collected over time: Neurotics build castles in the sky, psychotics live in them, OCD'ers clean them, and psychiatrists collect the rent. "There's nothing wrong with you that can't be cured with a little Prozac and a polo mallet." (Woody Allen in Manhattan Murder Mystery) Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. I am going to the Orlando [OCD] conference. I went to the one in San Jose. I wonder if the hotel people have complained about us after we left town. Can you imagine the water bill with all the showers? Or the extra toilet paper and soap? Do they get extra questions and little reminders about needed repairs from us checkers? They might like some of us though, if we obsessively clean or tidy up the lobby. (Cherry Pedrick in an OCD-L posting.) How can you tell if there's an OCDer attending a Catholic church? ... There is soap near the Holy Water! (Courtesy of One Cool Dude, Wayback Machine.) I have both ADD and OCD. Which means I keep forgetting to check. (Courtesy of standup comic Erik Passoja.)Unintentional OCD humor, but not a bad idea! Or maybe it would just makethings worse for "checkers" ...![[Sad Face]](http://www.geonius.com/ocd//sad.gif) Perhaps one should build such a web-server into each stove and into the bath, so that people can use their cell phone on holidays to check repeatedly (every three minutes?) if they really turned their stove off. ("A Web-Server in Forth", by Bernd Paysan.) InspirationA new category - I'll have to go back and seek out other inspirationalpages I've visited in the past! Doctor Curt: Motivation (Wayback Machine) - motivational quotes. OCD-Plus Inspirations - inspirational quotes. Peter's Laws: The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive - is listed at joke sites all over the Internet, but it's more inspirational than funny. "Mental Health for Teens: Positive Ways to Cope!" (Wayback Machine) - by Elizabeth Drucker. Surviving My Thoughts (Wayback Machine) "Hell To Pay" - a song by Jeff Healey that reminds me, at least, to count my blessings. Jackie's signature line, from an OCD-L posting. (Some years later,I happened upon a similar saying attributed to Helen Keller: "Keepyour face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." And BadCompany's song, "Crazy Circles", has the line, "Oh, I will face thesun, Leavin' shadows far behind." However, I think Jackie's formulationexpresses the inpirational nature of the sentiment the best.) Face the sun, and the shadows will fall behind you.~ThE-UnKO-LeMa's signatureline on deviantART: Obsessive Compulsive Disorders are really just Caged Creativity... unleash it and count the number of steps needed to get to work! Miscellaneous  Dr. Henrietta Leonard - the noted pediatric OCD/TS researcher - RIP. Diseases Explained Online - sells wall posters, patient booklets, and leaflets about various diseases, including OCD. The Disgust Scale Home Page - is an academic investigation of disgust, particularly into its impact on moral, social, and political values. The page does mention that "[d]isgust has clinical ramifications, for it seems to be involved in obsessive-compulsive disorder and in a variety of phobias." Frequently Asked Questions About Women's Health - has an OCD article. (Compiled by the National Women's Health Information Center.) Steve George - has a large list of OCD links. Healthline Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Learning Center - is a mental health site that has a learning "channel" devoted to OCD. The information available covers diagnosis, treatment, etc. While useful and wide-ranging, the information does not appear comprehensive and things like talk and alternative therapies are thrown into the mix without any discussion of their efficacy relative to the standard therapies (CBT and medication). MentalHelp.net: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - has some useful information on OCD, as well as a wider range of mental health-related resources at the home page. OCD World: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - is one of a series of United Kingdom web pages: "www.disorder-world.org.uk". Aside for some brief information about each specific disorder and the lists of recommended books, the sites share the remaining content: user's stories, forums/journals (which require registration to read), resources, etc. The "Find A Therapist" (United Kingdom only) feature is not free, although the payment (£40!) can apparently be applied to your first visit to a therapist found via this method. WebMD - searching on "ocd" produces a long list of brief articles or abstracts and archived chat room messages. Dr. Magoo's Case #4: Just Checking (Wayback Machine) - was one of 7 informative, on-line case studies for an undergraduate psychology class at Dalhousie University. Each case study, including this one on OCD, had separate pages for an overview of the case, diagnosis, epidemiology, family and social factors, biology, normal development, treatment, references, and related cases. "How does paruresis differ from OCD?" (Wayback Machine) - was a posting on an IPA Talk Forum about Avoidant Paruresis (Bashful Bladder) and OCD. Mental Disorder and Seven-Eleven: Brain Freeze Without the Slurpee (Wayback Machine) Miguel Irizarry - displays artwork by a Puerto Rican artist with serious physical problems, as well as OCD. Magic Stream - an on-line journal "combining an [sic] holistic approach to health, nutrition, and psychology with emotional wellness". It has a page of links to OCD sites, as well as stories about depression and other disorders. Kate Majewski (Wayback Machine) - has good taste in literature and an interest in OCD research. Obsessive/Compulsive - no relation to OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Fund (Wayback Machine) - asked for artwork, proceeds from the sale of which would benefit OCD somehow or another. The page has a copyright date of 1994. Past Life Research and OCD Tourette Syndrome"It is like I am on stage 16 hours a day. Every wakingmoment I am trying not to tic when people are watching."from "A BriefIntroduction to TS" by Kevin J. Black, M.D. Tics 'R Us - information about TS and research on TS compiled by Kevin J. Black, M.D., including "Habit reversal therapy (HRT) for Tourette syndrome". Tourette Syndrome Association TSA of Greater Washington Tourette Syndrome "Plus" - Dr. Leslie Packer's extensive collection of TS information. Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) and Similar Disorders Trichotillomania Learning Center: Support Groups Treatment Providers Other Mental Health Resources Anxiety Anxiety Treatment Australia - "provides information about anxiety disorders" and their treatment. Maintained by clinical psychologist Catherine Madigan, the web site also offers listings of psychology professionals and support groups in Australia. A sister site, Shyness & Social Anxiety Treatment Australia, focuses on social anxiety. Facts for Health - an information resource for social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Freedom From Fear - anxiety and depression resources. Depression COPE - "is a telephone-based eight week, self-help program for people with mild to moderate depression." Depression Central - Dr. Ivan Goldberg. Hypericum and Depression - St. John's wort. McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web - features numerous articles, mental health news, message boards, a chat room, and more. Pendulum Resources - "Bipolar Disorders Portal". A fantastic site. Humor Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor Managed Care Jokes - compiled by Northern County Psychiatric Associates. Panic Disorder Anxiety and Panic Pit Stop - "The Place to find what you want to know about mental illness". Small, and not growing! the Anxiety-Panic internet resource (tAPir) - with an OCD page. Anxiety-Panic.Com - a search engine for anxiety disorder resources, co-founded by ... Arthur & Panic Disorder (Wayback Machine) - "The Experience and Essays of Arthur Anderson". An excellent site. Autism Today - "latest news and resources for autism and autism-related issues". Dr. Bob's En-psych-lopedia - has an impressive collection of mental health and psychopharmcology links. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - the EMDR Institute in Pacific Grove, CA, USA. Procrastination Research Group (PRG) - worth visiting when you get around to it! Psychiatric Drug Facts - Peter Breggin, M.D., the author of Talking Back to Prozac. This site presents alternate views of current psychiatric theories and practices. SelfhelpMagazine Telepsychiatry - information on telecommunications-based treatment of psychiatric disorders. The article includes a fair number of links to external telemedicine web sites. (American Psychiatric Assocation) Thyroid Disease - Mary Shomon's extensive collection of information and resources on thyroid disease. Web Manor's Rubber Room (Wayback Machine) - a great resource when it was still up. 1,001 links on various psychiatric disorders (including OCD) and on various family issues. Alex Measday / E-mail |
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