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OCD Awareness Week | October 11-17, 2010

OCD Awareness Week 2010 Event


What

The International OCD Foundation and its affiliates from across the country will come together to educate their communities and the public as a whole about obsessive compulsive disorder and its treatments. Learn from the nation's leading experts about how they work with those who suffer daily from the debilitating disorder. Have the opportunity to hear testimonials from patients both recovering and just beginning treatment and learn about the different treatments and therapies that help people hold jobs, balance relationships with family and friends, and lead more typical and productive lives.

Why

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an all-consuming, debilitating disorder that affects up to 4 million people in the United States. The disorder also affects millions more: family, friends and caregivers of those with OCD suffer along side their loved ones.

OCD Awareness Week is presented by the International OCD Foundation as a vehicle for support, advocacy and education to help end the stigma surrounding OCD and encourage sufferers to identify the disorder and / or seek treatment. The national Foundation has enlisted the support of its Affiliates nationwide to join in this education effort.






 

 

 
How You Can Help

  • Support the IOCDF

    Become a member of the International OCD Foundation.

    Make a donation to the International OCD Foundation.

    Become a fan of the International OCD Foundation on Facebook.


  • Participate

    Attend an OCD Awareness Week event in your area. Check back next Fall of a list of events.

    Host a book discussion among friends about OCD. Visit the IOCDF Book List.

    Be a mentor and friend to someone with OCD.


  • Send a Letter

    Send a Letter to the Editor to your local newspaper about OCD Awareness Week.

    Please feel free to use the following template: Letter to the Editor template


  • Start an Email Campaign

    Start an email campaign. Consider pasting the below invitation into an email note and sending it to your friends, relatives, and colleagues. You never know whose life you may change forever!

    Dear friends,

    Please forgive the form-letter nature of this note, but I wanted to call your attention to the fact that October 11-17 is OCD Awareness Week. The International OCD Foundation has asked me to help spread the word about this important outreach effort, and I'd like to personally invite you to visit the IOCDF web site for an online overview of this often-debilitating disorder that affects up to 4 million people in the United States. This overview, along with a variety of OCD resources, can be found at http://www.ocfoundation.org/Week.aspx. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help make a difference!

    Sincerely,