Video: Lecture – Pediatric OCD: Past, Present, and Future
Presented by Alessandro S. De Nadai, PhD, and Maria G. Fraire, PhD, McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture
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Video: Overcoming Perfectionism in Kids & Teens
If you have noticed that your child or adolescent is unusually hard on themselves, sets unreachable expectations, avoids challenges, and is overly self-critical, they may be exhibiting signs of perfectionism. One of the challenges of perfectionism is that it’s seen as a good thing—after all, we want...
In the Media: Instride Health Raises $26M for Virtual Pediatric Behavioral Health Platform, Inks Deal With McLean Hospital
McLean Hospital offers support to a new virtual care program that addresses gaps in anxiety and OCD treatment for kids and teens.
In the Media: The Difference Between OCD and Perfectionism
Drs. Elizabeth McIngvale and Maria G. Fraire provide the differences between obsessive compulsive disorder and perfectionism.
Video: Deconstructing Stigma – Sean
As a participant in McLean’s Deconstructing Stigma campaign, Sean tells his story of his struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder and how getting the help he needed changed his life. Read more about Sean’s story. About Deconstructing Stigma Deconstructing Stigma: Changing Attitudes About Mental...
Podcast: Helping Your Patients Face Their Fears With ERP
Jenn talks to Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale about exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, including its effectiveness and why it’s a gold standard in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment. Elizabeth provides guidance to clinicians about implementing ERP with patients diagnosed with OCD...
In the Media: Pandemic Focus on Mental Health Offers Hope for People With ‘The Invisible Monster’ – Life With OCD
Dr. Nathaniel Van Kirk speaks about the struggle to find treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder and the growth of telemedicine.
Podcast: My Experiences With OCD—as Patient and Provider
Jenn talks to Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD, about his diagnosis of OCD as a teen and how it shaped his personal and professional lives. Nathaniel offers advice on authenticity and disclosing mental health conditions in social situations, as well as how to manage mental health when life gives you...
Everything You Need To Know About Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding disorder is a mental health condition characterized by saving items that appear to have little or no worth, often accumulating magazines, mail, newspapers, and old clothing. Between reality TV shows and common misconceptions about the condition, hoarding disorder is deeply misunderstood by...
Video: My Story of OCD, as Patient—and Provider
As Nathaniel learned when he was a teenager scrubbing his hands at 4am, his fears associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) weren’t realistic. But in the moment, it didn’t matter, because it felt like his brain was turning against him. As he grew to understand his condition, he learned...
Everything You Need To Know About Anxiety
When we think of “anxiety,” we tend to think about feeling stressed out. Actually, anxiety is our body’s reaction to a threat to our well-being. Without anxiety, we would not react when we are in danger, and we likely wouldn’t be alive today without it. However, anxiety can be so much more than...
Podcast: Regaining Control Over OCD
Jenn talks to Dr. Jason Krompinger. Jason discusses various forms of treatment for OCD, ways to regain and maintain control over OCD, and myths about treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder. Jason Krompinger, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with expertise in treating OCD and related disorders...
Everything You Need To Know About Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy
Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a serious condition that can disrupt someone’s daily life. It is marked by obsessions, or unwanted intrusive thoughts, and physical or mental actions taken to relieve anxiety associated with the obsessions. Exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy is...
Everything You Need To Know About OCD
We all experience anxiety, a feeling of dread that happens to be your body’s natural response to stress. It may be brought on by a variety of circumstances, including making an important decision, an upcoming test, or meeting someone new. If someone is living with an anxiety disorder like OCD, these...
Family Supports Young OCD Researchers Discovering Ways to Better Tailor Treatment
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the gold standard therapy for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). But for some reason, it wasn’t effective for Anne and Andy Heller’s family member. So, the couple, who are members of McLean’s National Council and generous donors to OCD research...
Video: Lecture – Novel Interventions for OCD
Presented by Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine – Women in Medicine and Science Month lecture Standard first-line treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may not provide sufficient relief of OCD symptoms for all those seeking care. Given the limited success...
McLean Hospital Offering Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Services in Houston
McLean Hospital, consistently ranked the #1 freestanding hospital for psychiatric care in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, has partnered with the Houston OCD Program, a national leader in the field of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment. The McLean OCD Institute at Houston...
In the Media: Myths About Pedophilia OCD
Dr. Courtney Beard describes pedophilia OCD (POCD) and explains how it is different from pedophilia.
In the Media: Olympic Boxer Ginny Fuchs Fights for More Than Just Gold
“Anxiety is a huge component of OCD. The anxiety and the thoughts cause us to engage in those repetitive behaviors, and the behaviors can become destructive.” – Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale
Everything You Need To Know About OCD in Kids and Teens
While working on a project together, you see a friend packing up their work supplies in a very neat fashion. You can’t help but point out that they’ve organized all their pens to be lined up in order of color and all facing the same direction in their box. “Oh,” they reply. “That’s just my OCD.”...
