OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

A Great Place To Start: The International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) OCFoundation.org.
Articles, Referrals, And A Lot More. Excellent Newsletter.) Become a member.

Some Jewish Resources:
Relief Resources:Mental Health Referrals and Help. Run by Two Rabbis in Brooklyn ReliefHelp.org
Book: Sanity and Sanctity: Mental Health Work Among the Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem by Dr. David Greenberg M.D. and Eliezer Witztum M.D.
Articles: Unscrupulous Scruples?: G-d Forbid!by Dr. Steven Phillipson, Ph.D. and Dr. Jonathan Schwartz PsyD. Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy. www.ocdonline.com/Unscrupulous_Scruples_JSchwartz.php
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz www.cognitivebehavioralcenter.com/staff.html
Books: Getting Up When You’re Down: A mature discussion of an adult malady – depression and related conditions and Dear Rabbi, Dear Doctor: The renowned rabbi-psychiatrist gives straight answers to tough questions (Volumes 1 & 2)by by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
Book: The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing (J Rapoport) Has an Interesting case of OCD treatment and Judaism.
Newspaper Article: Orthodox Compulsive Disorder (The Jewish Week 2/16/10)
www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a17938/News/New_York.htmlAdditional Resources:
TV Show: A&E: Obsessed www.aetv.com/obsessed/index.jsp
Stop Obsessing! (E Foa/R Wilson)
Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (J Grayson)
The OCD Workbook (B Hyman/C Pedrick)
Freeing Your Child From OCD (T Chansky)
Brain Lock (J Shwartz)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (F Penzel)
Book: Mindsight by Daniel Siegel, MD and the Mindsight Institute www.mindsightinstitute.com/
Sounds True www.soundstrue.com/
Book: Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
Up and Down the Worry Hill (for Children) (Aureen Wagner. Also see other books by her)
The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing (J Rapoport)
Oprah Show on OCD (video) from May 21, 2008
Loving Someone with OCD: Help for You and Your Family by Karen J. Landsman, Ph.D. et al.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The BDD Workbook by James Claiborn, Ph.D.and Cherry Pedrick, R.N.
Getting Over OCD: A 10 Step Program (J Abramowitz)
The Broken Mirror, Katharine A. Phillips, M.D (for Body Dysmorphic Disorder)
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
John P. Forsyth and Georg H. Eifert
The Doubting Disease by Joseph W. Ciarrochi (religiousl scrupulosity within ocd)
Newspaper Article: Orthodox Compulsive Disorder (The Jewish Week 2/16/10) www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a17938/News/New_York.html
VH-1: The OCD Project www.vh1.com/shows/the_ocd_project/series.jhtml
Article: “G-d Forbid” by Steven Phillipson, Ph.D. Clinical Director, Center for Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy www.ocdonline.com/articlephillipson10.php and see www.OCDonline.com
Articles by Dr. Fred Penzel http://westsuffolkpsych.homestead.com/articles.html

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Websites
www.OCFoundation.org (International OCD Foundation: They have a referral list.)
Worry Wise Kids WorryWiseKids.org
Dr. Stephen Phillipson’s Website ocdonline.com
Dr. Fred Penzel’s Website westsuffolkpsych.homestead.com
OCD-UK ocduk.org
OCD Treatment and Mindfulness Meditation hope4ocd.com/mindfulness.php
Mayoclinic mayoclinic.com
Organized Chaos: A Website from the OCD Foundation for Teens and Young Adults with OCD
www.ocfoundation.org/organizedchaos
OCD Chicago:ocdchicago.org
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) in NY JBFCS.org(ask if have any specialists in ocd at a particular location.)
www.DrWeil.org
Ireland: ocdireland.org
www.mindfulness.com
Ask your doctor about taking fish oil.
Relief Resources: Mental Health Referrals and Help. Run by Two Rabbis in Brooklyn ReliefHelp.org
www.AABT.org American Association of Behavioral Therapist.

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