Websites with information about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The websites below provide resources and information about OCD, as well as online cognitive behavioural therapy for OCD.
International OCD Foundation
International OCD Foundation provide OCD resources.
Liberate: My OCD Fighter
An app designed to track compulsions, set goals and more, all from the comfort of your own home.
OCD Education Station
OCD Education Station provide OCD guides, including "How to Help Your Child - A Parent's Guide to OCD," and "Got OCD? A Guide for Teens".
OCD Alberta Foundation
Alberta OCD Foundation provide support, education and information to people who live with OCD, members, family, friends and professionals throughout Alberta.
OCD videos and podcasts
Interview with Corey Hirsch
Watch this inspiring message of hope from Corey Hirsch, former NHL pro-hockey goalie and Olympic Silver medalist. Corey was the 2017 IOCDF Illumination Reward winner and he opens up about his personal story of living with OCD in a candid Q and A with Dr. Felicity Sapp, founder of OCD and Anxiety Psychological Services.
Helpful Hints for Parents of Children with OCD
Books about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The following books provide information about OCD, and teach children, parents and adults behavioural treatments to help manage OCD symptoms.
Brain Lock
Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive Compulsive Behavior, by Jeffrey M. Schwartz & Beverly Beyette
Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Freeing Your Child from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents, by Tamar E. Chansky
Talking Back to OCD
Talking Back to OCD: The Program That Helps Kids and Teens Say "No Way" - and Parents Say "Way to Go", by John S. March & Christine M. Benton
Up and Down the Worry Hill
Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and its Treatment, by Aureen Pinto Wagner & Paul A. Sutton
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck
What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD, by Dawn Huebner
What to Do When Your Child has OCD
What to Do When Your Child has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions,by Aureen Pinto Wagner
Mindfulness Workbook for OCD
The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD, by Jon Hershfield MFT and Tom Corboy, combines mindfulness practices with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), offering practical and accessible tools for managing the unwanted thoughts and compulsive urges that are associated with OCD. With this workbook, you will develop present-moment awareness, learn to challenge your own distorted thinking, and stop treating thoughts as threats and feelings as facts.
I am Peace, A Book of Mindfulness
I am Peace, A Book of Mindfulness, by Susan Verde, presents how mindfulness means being fully in the present moment. Children can learn how to manage their emotions, make good choices, and balance their busy lives by learning to be mindful, express emotions through speech, find empathy through imagination, and wonder at the beauty of the natural world.