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.
Take part in a 'Virtual Yard Sale." Buy or sell items on Ebay to benefit the IOCDF
- Participate
Attend an OCD Awareness Week event in your area...
Or watch live online on this page Oct 15!
Download/Print/Copy this flyer and help spread the word about our OCD Awareness Week event.
Host a book discussion among friends about OCD. Visit the IOCDF Book List.
Be a mentor and friend to someone with OCD.
- Donate your Facebook status.
Just copy and paste the following: For OCD Awareness Week, I donate my status in support of anyone who has ever battled this disorder. May they find treatment, comfort and hope. Together we can end the stigma around mental illness. Please copy and paste this as your status to promote the International OCD Foundation’s OCD Awareness Week efforts www.iocdf.org
- 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,
- Send people to this blog post by IOCDF spokesperson, Jeff Bell
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