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for OCD Awareness Week!
FREE Events with Activities for Adults, Families, Children and Friends in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego County
Celebrate OCD Awareness Week
OCD Awareness Week is an international effort taking place during the second week in October each year to raise awareness and understanding about obsessive-compulsive disorder and related disorders–with the goal of helping more people to get timely access to appropriate and effective treatment. Launched in 2009 by the IOCDF, OCD Awareness Week is now celebrated by a number of organizations across the US and around the world, with events such as OCD screening days, lectures, conferences, fundraisers, online Q&As, and more.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles will be celebrating on Saturday, October 19, 2019
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
OCD So Cal would like to invite you to a free event at Sherman Oaks Castle Park to celebrate OCD Awareness Week.
Come enjoy free OCD themed miniature golf, hear clinicians speak about the many facets of life with OCD, ask your questions, meet others, and learn. There will be snacks, music, an arcade, and opportunities to network and build community.
Topics include:
– ERP and Treatment of OCD
– Family Life, Accommodation and Treatment Resistance
– School Strategies
– Q&A with local OCD experts
The location is Sherman Oaks Castle Park.
4989 Sepulveda Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
https://www.laparks.org/castlepark
RSVP For The Los Angeles Event HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocd-awareness-event-los-angeles-tickets-72140432977
Orange County
Orange County will be celebrating on Sunday, October 13, 2019
1pm to 5pm
OCD So Cal is holding an outdoor Picnic Event that will include clinicians discussing and answering questions on OCD, success stories from individuals in OCD recovery, OCD information booths, a catered lunch, bounce house, classic games such as a water balloon toss and watermelon eating contest, music, fun in the sun, and more! This free event is aimed for adults, families, children, and friends!
Wakeham Park
3400 Smalley Rd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
RSVP For The Orange County Event Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocd-awareness-orange-county-tickets-72137963591
San Diego
A fun, free, and informative event! OCD Southern California and Rogers Behavioral Health would like to invite you to a free event in San Diego to celebrate OCD Awareness Week 2019.
All families, community members, and treatment professionals are welcome to attend what’s sure to be a fun and informative day!
Informative presentations on the following topics include:
• Q&A with San Diego’s top OCD experts
• Mock exposure rooms
• Activities for children • Lunch will be served Topics:
• OCD medication management
• Dealing with resistance to OCD treatment
• Treating co-occurring disorders of OCD
• I got my OCD controlled. Now what?
Saturday, October 19 10 am to 2 pm
Check-in at 9:30 am Rogers Behavioral Health 1
7140 Bernardo Center Drive San Diego, CA 92128
Learn more and RSVP at https://sdocd.eventbrite.com by October 14, 2019
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Any overall questions? Please email us at: info@OCDSoCal.org with “OCD Awareness Week Events” in the email subject heading. Thank you!