OCD
What is OCD?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety-related condition, with the sufferers typically experiencing intrusive and repetitive thoughts, images, impulses and doubts which are often difficult to ignore. These thoughts usually, but not always, lead the person to perform repetitive behaviours in attempt to temporarily calm the anxiety.
Some of the typical obsessions may include worry about contamination and germs, causing harm to self or to others, the ordering or arrangement of objects, anxieties about throwing things away.
Organisations offering information & support
PO Box 8955, Nottingham NG10 9AU
Email: admin@ocduk.org
Stuck in a Doorway – Online OCD Forum http://www.stuckinadoorway.org
OCD Action http://www.ocdaction.org.uk
Tel: 0845 390 6232 / 020 7253 2664
Email support line: support@ocdaction.org.uk
Link to leaflet to take to your GP if you suspect you have OCD
Anxiety UK http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester M15 4ZY UK
OCD in Children and Adolescents http://psychology.iop.kcl.ac.uk/ocdkids
The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk
RCP's Leaflet on OCD
Understanding OCD (US) http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com
Treat It, Don’t Repeat It: Break Free from OCD (US) http://www.treatocd.org
OCD Foundation (US) http://www.ocdfoundation.org
Neurotic Planet – OCD Forum http://www.neuroticplanet.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8
Recommended books
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