NICE Consultation

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OCD-UK is a stakeholder in the NICE Guidelines for the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and BDD (CG31). NICE are currently consulting on a proposal to update this guideline and have invited OCD-UK and other stakeholders to offer feedback on five …

Become an OCD-UK Young Ambassador!

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OCD Young Ambassador Projects Are you a young person with OCD? We want you to get involved!The onset of OCD at a young age can be distressing and confusing for children, young people and their families. Our Children, Young People …

Welcome to our new website

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Welcome to our brand new website Well hello to you, and hello to our BRAND NEW website.   Months in the making, we’re delighted to launch the beta version of our brand new website, we hope you like it! But before …

Hannah Climbing Snowdon

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#FantasticFundraiser Focus Hannah Climbing Snowdon In July one of our amazing #FantasticFundraisers Hannah Nelson successfully climbed Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales at an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level. She told us why she decided to take on …

Jessica’s Blog

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Jessica Blog post by: Jessica Emily New ZealandJust remember OCD isn’t a life sentence, it’s a learning curve. Something that life threw at you to say “Try this one on for size” with hard work and believing in recovery you …

Interview with Laura Greenway, Performance Artist

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Interview with Laura Greenway, Performance Artist Interview by: Claire Goldenberg SussexIf 26 year old Laura Greenway looks familiar, you may have seen her on TV’s ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ or you may have seen her on social media, or …

CBT isn’t a talking therapy, it’s a doing therapy

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CBT isn’t a talking therapy, it’s a doing therapy Dr. Lucy Oldfield is a practising Clinical Psychologist working in a primary care adult mental health setting in the NHS alongside lecturing at Goldsmiths on the Foundations in Clinical Psychology and Health …

Getting Younger with Age

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Getting Younger with Age Blog post by: Taming Olivia LondonYou may be thinking ‘Hang on a minute, what’s up with this title? That’s not the way it works.’ And you’d be right, but please allow me to explain. You know …

Laura – Facebook Stigma

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Laura – Facebook Stigma Blog post by: Laura Barnes SwindonFacebook has come under a huge amount of flack recently… and maybe the tide of social media is changing?… however, for me, it has been a huge force for good. As …