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ONLINE RESOURCES

                OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER:

• International OCD Foundation
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• OCD Recovery Centers of America
• Anxiety Resource Center, Grand  Rapids, Michigan
• Awareness Center for OCD and Related Disorders
• OCD Center of Los Angeles
• The Other OCD - a resource guide for purely obsessional OCD (Pure-O)
• Anxieties.com -  Dr. R. Reid Wilson
• Understanding OCD
• Cherry's Website - Turning OCD Caterpillars into Butterflies
• Brain Physics Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Site
• Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for OCD - A Guide for Patients and Families
• Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous
• WorryWiseKids.org
• JJ's Place - The Childhood OCD Project
• Again and Again: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Websites - an absolutely amazing collection of OCD resources
• The Peace of Mind Foundation - Elizabeth McIngvale's comprehensive website
• OCD Challenge - an outstanding (and affordable) OCD self-help website
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Self-Help Resources

 

HOARDING:

• IOCDF Hoarding Center
• Children of Hoarders
• Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Hoarding
• Understanding Hoarding
• 5 Tips to Overcoming Hoarding
• The Psychology of Hoarding - an Infographic
• Squalor Survivors
• Hoarding Pros - A service that offers cleaning and organizing as well as counseling
• Bowdecon LLC - Cleaning and Decluttering Hoarders' Homes

 

SPECTRUM DISORDERS:

• Trichotillomania Learning Center
• StopPulling.com - an online behavioral program to help manage compulsive hair-pulling
• StopPicking.com - the sister site to StopPulling.com, to help manage compulsive skin picking
• BDD Central - A Comprehensive Site for Victims of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association
• The Social Anxiety Network
• Social Anxieties & Phobias
• Understanding and Treating an Addiction
• The Calm Clinic - A comprehensive resource for anxiety disorders

VIDEOS:

• The OCD Project
• The IOCDF Channel on YouTube
• The Peace of Mind Foundation - Video Podcasts
• My Mother's Garden
• Children of Hoarders - 20/20 Episode, 8/5/11
• The Risk
• My Story - A moving video by 12-year-old Chloe about her Trichotillomania
• Dad to Dad: Parenting a Child with Trichotillomania

 

ONLINE SUPPORT:

Yahoo! Groups is host to a tremendous number of online support groups in OCD, BDD, Trich, Skin Picking, Hoarding, and many other areas of interest. These are wonderful resources when live support groups are not available, or for those individuals who are homebound or who prefer an anonymous interaction. Doing a search for your desired group will give you an idea of the scope of help available. Some of the groups are very large, very active, and are monitored and advised by many of the OCD experts we have come to know and love. Some of these are:

• OCD-Support
• ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder3
• OCD Relationships
• Pure O - OCD
• The Scrupe Group - for those suffering from scrupulosity
• OCD-SSI - for those who have an interest in Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI)
   
• OCD Kid's Loop - a safe place for kids under 16
• OCD Support for Teens
• OCD and Parenting
• Parents of Teens & Young Adults with OCD
• Parents of Adults with OCD
   
• Messiness and Hoarding
• Compulsive Hoarding Community
• Serenity Bay Hoarding - for women only
• Children of Hoarders
• Overcoming Hoarding Together - for family and friends of hoarders
   
• OCPD: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
• Trichotillomania Friends
• Trichees
• Parents Trich Support
• Teen Trich Support
• Kids Trich Support
• Body Dysmorphic
• BDD Group
   

Other, non-Yahoo support:

• SIAD (Stuck in a Doorway) Forums
• MORE online support groups listed at IOCDF

Updated 1/6/12