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Our Programs



Annual Conference 

  • The only national conference dedicated to OCD and related disorders.
  • Gives people with OCD, their families, researchers and treatment providers the chance to share their personal experiences and learn beside one another during more than 100 presentations.
  • Well-known OCD researchers and experienced clinicians introduce their latest theories and research findings and demonstrate their successful treatment techniques.

Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) 

  • Addresses the shortage of therapists who are properly trained in the cognitive behavioral treatment of OCD.
  • Since 1995, the BTTI faculty has trained hundres of therapists around the country to provide the most up-to-date, effective treatments for OCD.

Research Grants 

  • The IOCDF awards grants to investigators whose research focuses on the nature, causes and treatment of OCD and related disorders.
  • The money to fund these awards is donated by our members and friends of the Foundation.
  • Since 1994, over $2,700,000 in research grants have been awarded.

OCD Newsletter

  • One of the benefits of being an IOCDF member, our quarterly newsletter includes updates about the latest in research, resources and recovery in OCD.

IOCDF Affiliates 

  • Affiliates carry out the mission of the national organization at a local community level.

Genetics Collaborative Board 

  • Encourages researchers focusing in genetics to work with one another and to share their findings and DNA samples.
  • The goal of the Board is to identify the genetic causes of OCD.

Speakers Bureau 

  • Includes people with OCD and family members who understand firsthand the challenges of the disorder as well as respected clinical and research experts who treat those with OCD.
  • Our speakers provide informative presentations and interviews to a variety of audiences

OCD Awareness Week 

  • The IOCDF and its affiliates from across the country come together each October to educate their communities and the public as a whole about obsessive compulsive disorder and its treatments.

 

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