Organizations

The following organizations provide valuable resources and useful information to clients and providers interested in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America
www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd

International OCD Foundation
www.ocfoundation.org

Beyond OCD
www.beyondocd.org

Awareness Foundation for OCD
www.afocd.org

Support Groups

Washington D.C. area support groups for ACS
www.ocfoundation.org/find_a_support_group.aspx

Goal: OCD Support Group (located in Silver Spring, Maryland)
www.behaviortherapycenter.com/groups/goal-ocd-support

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support — MD Junction (online)
www.mdjunction.com/obsessive-compulsive-disorder

OCD Tribe (online support group)
www.ocdtribe.com

Books

Treating Your OCD with Exposure and Response Prevention: Workbook
Designed to be used in conjunction with its companion therapist guide, this workbook includes an exposure and ritual prevention treatment program which is broken down into 17 – 20 treatment sessions. During these sessions the patient will be gradually exposed to situations and places that trigger his or her OCD symptoms. The goal is that over time the OCD sufferer comes to realize that the things he or she fears will not necessarily occur if the rituals are not performed.

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Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive Compulsive Behavior
This is also a self-help book that offers a 4-step procedure (Relabelling, Reattributing, Refocussing and Revaluing) that enables OCD sufferers to reinterpret their thinking and change not only their ritualistic behavior but the physical design of the brain.

Articles

My Story: Living with OCD (The Independent)
www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/health/my-story-living-with-ocd-8502609.html

JK Rowling’s Treatment of OCD Makes Clear It’s Not Just About Sock Drawers (the Guardian)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/27/jk-rowling-ocd-the-casual-vacancy

Multimedia

OCD Treatment: How to Stop the Thoughts! (YouTube)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR6k2h9PRzc

Living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (podcast)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/living-obsessive-compulsive/id315008876?mt=2

Live OCD Free (App)
www.liveocdfree.com/