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RSVP Here! OCD Awareness Week 2019 Events Announced!

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.

Current planned events (please keep checking back for more possible events announced):

1. Sunday, October 13, 2019; 1pm to 5pm- In Orange County, OCD So Cal is holding an outdoor OCD 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! RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocd-awareness-orange-county-tickets-72137963591

Wakeham Park
3400 Smalley Rd., Costa Mesa, CA 92626

2. Wednesday, October 16, 2019; 7pm to 9pm- “The Diagnosis, Characteristics, and Treatment of OCD–and the ADHD Connection!” OCD Southern California’s Vice President, Chris Trondsen, M.S., AMFT, APCC, will be presenting on OCD and ADHD. The talk will focus on individuals dealing with both OCD and ADHD, how the disorders are both different and similar, how to treat an individual with both disorders with medication and therapy, why doctors misdiagnose and confuse these disorders, as well as a general overview of the diagnosis, characteristics, and treatment of OCD!

H4K Coaching, Training, and Therapy Center
145 W. Main Street (upstairs)
Tustin, CA 92780

3. Saturday, October 19, 2019; 9:30am to 2:00pm- “A to the Z of Breaking OCD.” OCD Southern California is hosting an event at Rogers Behavioral Health in San Diego, CA. This educational presentation will include breakout sessions led by clinicians focusing on the following topics: OCD Medication Management, Dealing with Resistance to OCD Treatment, Treating Co-Existing Disorders of OCD, and “I Got My OCD Controlled.. Now What?” The event will include a Q&A segment and lunch, as well as a tour of Rogers’ new facility!

Rogers Behavioral Health
17140 Bernardo Center Dr. 3rd Floor
San Diego, CA 92128 

4. Saturday, October 19, 2019; 2pm to 5pm- OCD Southern California is hosting an event in Los Angeles, CA. Location and details to be announced soon!

Location in Los Angeles To Be Announced Soon!

For more information, please email info@OCDSoCal.org and indicate that you would like to join our mailing list to be notified with up-to-date information about our 2019 OCD Awareness Week events!

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OCD Southern California’s Participation in OCD Awareness Week Activities!

On Sunday, October 7th, OCD Southern California held major events in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego to kick off OCD Awareness Week. The focus of these events was not only to educate attendees on the disorder but also to create a sense of community and support as well.

In Los Angeles, OCD So Cal held a day of fun in the park! Attendees participated in OCD-themed face painting, pumpkin decorating, and games, such as confront-your-fears hopscotch. Attendees also had the pleasure of listening to some live music! OCD sufferers, family members, and clinicians joined together to make this a fun event for all!

In Orange County, participants had a fun day outdoors in the sun where they heard OCD success stories, were served a catered lunch, and participated in classic games such as a watermelon eating contest, a water balloon toss, and a three-legged race– all to earn prizes! A DJ played music while people met other people in their local OCD community, participated in OCD Jeopardy, got airbrushed tattoos, partook in a raffle, and more! The kids especially loved the bounce house!

 

San Diego held an OCD Awareness and Resource Carnival promoted by OCD clinicians, local schools, and mental health partners. Taking place at a local middle school, San Diegans came out for a day of fun, games, and activities that encompassed OCD exposures. Attendees participated in OCD Jeopardy, as well as a community art project where participants wrote their hopes and dreams on leaves and put them on a tree to symbolize how their life could flourish after working through their fears!

Other ways in which OCD Southern California participated in OCD Awareness Week was by holding the following activities during the week of October 7th through the 13th: San Diego hosted a resource table at a local community college at their “Check Your Mood” event. Also, OCD So Cal was at Cal State San Marcos for the 12th annual CAHM (Community Alliance for Healthy Minds) conference.  We once again hosted a resource table where up to 500 people attended. Attendees were happy to learn about resources for OCD they were unaware existed. Finally, our vice president Chris Trondsen shared his story of recovery and initiated a call-to-action for others to do the same as part of the International OCD Foundation’s #RealOCD campaign!

Please check out our social media to see more pictures from the events! http://Facebook.com/OCDSoCal and http://Instagram.com/OCDSoCal