OCD Awareness Week 2025

Leslie discusses the basics of obsessive-compulsive disorder for OCD Awareness Week, the ego-dystonic nature of the condition, how it manifests in those who have it, and the need for OCD-targetted therapies to be accessible. 

Playlist: Feels Bad Songs!

Please note that the Centre for Addtiction and Mental Health was mistakenly referred to as "Canadian Association for Mental Health." Whoopsies!

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Related programming: Typically Tuesdays 231009 - The ABCs of OCD!: https://cjsf.ca/contents/typically-tuesdays-playlist-10092023

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Referenced materials and further learning

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Treatment of OCD: https://www.camh.ca/en/professionals/treating-conditions-and-disorders/ocd

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/ob...

Just Say Maybe podcast (*EXPLICIT CONTENT NOTE*): https://justsaymaybe.buzzsprout.com/2023068/episodes

International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation for educational resources, directory to local OCD clinicians, community blog posts, and additional low-cost, accessible support and resources: https://iocdf.org/

Nathan Peterson's tips to overcoming OCD: https://www.youtube.com/@ocdandanxiety

Ologies podcast, Obessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) with Dr. Wayne Goodman: https://www.irondogbooks.com/item/n1QB7fqUKvzy85yNPyqE8g

Ologies podcast, Bonus Episode: The OCD Experiences with Neurobiologist Uma Chatterjee: https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ocdbonus

Cultural critic and video essayist Rowan Ellis, The Sanitized Lie of OCD Representation (approx. 70 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUpEg2FO5R8

Book, Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts  by Sally M. Winston, Martin N. Seif: https://www.irondogbooks.com/item/n1QB7fqUKvzy85yNPyqE8g