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      Popular! Medications for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
      What medications are good for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? What reactions and allergies can result? Which drugs are the safest? In this article, Dr. Demitri discusses how a client who needs to take OCD medications can pick ones best suited for them, and also to help improve the quality of their lives.
      Preview Website - 3-Apr-2006 - Hits: 2012 - Rate This | Details
      Popular! OCD Center of Los Angeles Top Rated
      Treatment center specializing in OCD, OC Spectrum Disorders, and related anxiety disorders. Includes information on symptoms and treatment, an OCD test, a reading list, and links to online resources.
      Preview Website - 16-Jul-2001 - Hits: 2436 - Rate This | Details
      Popular! OCD: The War Inside
      A film by co-director Mark Pancer, who himself has OCD, brings a unique perspective and compassion to his interviews, eliciting painful stories while also exploring the causes and possible solutions of this often misunderstood condition which affects millions of people. Simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting, sad and funny, full of love, hate, anger and courage, these stories will resonate long after the film has ended.

      • Andrew's OCD first appeared when he was only nine years old; his compulsions have included gnawing on walls and even streets and subway floors. With the unflagging support of his parents and sister he has found some relief through behavioral therapy.
      • Trisha has washed her hands until they were bloody, and has attempted suicide. SSRI medications have helped at times, but she still battles with side effects.
      • Marvin's OCD appeared in middle age and led to serious career and family problems; in trying to control his condition he even submitted to brain surgery, which was unsuccessful.
      • Grace's OCD also appeared when she was an adult. She cannot allow visitors into her house without becoming uncontrollably anxious; her obsessions have created serious problems in her relationships with her husband and young daughter.
      (Film costs $229 to purchase, $60 to rent.)
      Preview Website - 5-Dec-2002 - Hits: 2294 - Rate This | Details
      http://www.doyoupanic.co.uk
      Will Beswick's awesome site has been awarded ***** (5 stars) by the UK Mental Health Foundation and has also received excellent reviews from The National (UK) Phobics Society, Anxietynomore, The Chipmunka Foundation and NoMorePanic to name but a few! It is a personal case study in recovery from Anxiety/Panic and Obsessiveness -explaining 'how' this is all linked to achieving FLOW.
      Preview Website - 11-Jun-2008 - Hits: 109 - Rate This | Details
      NIMH OCD & Pediatric Studies
      Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Pediatric Studies National Institute of Mental Health

      The study is located in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information about how to participate in OCD pediatric studies, please call 1-800-411-1222 or 301-496-5323, or visit http://patientinfo.nimh.nih.gov/PediatricDisorders.aspx#169
      Preview Website - 22-Jul-2005 - Hits: 476 - Rate This | Details
      Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
      This research article discusses some conditions: Body dysmorphic disorder and trichotillomania, which appear at first to be obsessive-compulsive disorder, but are in actuality, just closely related to the disorder. Read on, and see if what you (or a loved one) have is not OCD, but one of these two...
      Preview Website - 3-Apr-2006 - Hits: 550 - Rate This | Details
      OCD Chicago
      OCD Chicago Relief from OCD is a 36-page guide that presents an overview of OCD, common obsessions and compulsions, treatment options, a recommended reading list, FAQs, and links to a variety of helpful resources. It is designed to start the reader on the road to successful treatment. Visit www.ocdchicago.org to download a PDF version of Relief from OCD.
      Preview Website - 9-Oct-2007 - Hits: 129 - Rate This | Details
      Pediatric Anxiety Research Clinic
      Does your child or teenager take medication for OCD?

      Many children and adolescents who take medication for OCD still suffer from OCD symptoms that can interfere with school, work, and relationships with family and friends.

      Dr. John March, at Duke University, Dr. Martin Franklin, at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Henrietta Leonard, at Brown University, are conducting a multi-site study evaluating the effectiveness of adding two different types of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to ongoing medication management for the treatment of pediatric OCD that does not respond completely to medication treatment.

      Participants in this study will receive medication management free of charge. In addition, they may be assigned to receive CBT at no cost from a psychiatrist or a psychologist.

      Children ages 7-17 with a diagnosis of OCD, who are taking fluoxetine (Prozac), sertaline (Zoloft), or fluvoxamine (Luvox), and who still have residual OCD symptoms may be eligible. Children taking citalopram (Celexa) or excitalopram (Lexapro) may also be eligible.

      Participants must live within commuting distance of Raleigh/Durham, NC, Philadelphia, PA, or Providence, RI.

      Contact information: Brown University, Providence, RI: (401) 444-2178
      University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: (215) 746-3331
      Duke University, Durham, NC Rebecca Dingfelder, (919) 416-2447, dingf002@mc.duke.edu
      Preview Website - 27-Mar-2006 - Hits: 197 - Rate This | Details
      The Course of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
      OCD can be considered deadly in thoughts, feelings, and obsessions. It can follow a course, wherever it can be waxing the one moment, and then the next, it will be going on full-throttle. Discussed in tihs article is how Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder runs throughout a lifetime.
      Preview Website - 3-Apr-2006 - Hits: 733 - Rate This | Details
      Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
      Believe it or not, once upon a time, obsessive compulsive disorder was considered not responsive to many therapies. In the present, however; that idea has changed, and such things as talk therapies are considered beneficial for those who suffer with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Read on further in this article to understand more about treatment options for OCD.
      Preview Website - 3-Apr-2006 - Hits: 723 - Rate This | Details
      What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
      Ever really wondered what all the hubbub about Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was about? Many wonder what OCD entails. In this article, Dr. Demitri discusses how OCD is an illness, how it interacts with people, and things that may be related with it.
      Preview Website - 3-Apr-2006 - Hits: 556 - Rate This | Details


     
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