09/29/2021
Event | Free Webinar: Stanford OCD Awareness Day 2021: Research Discoveries, Treatment, and Hope
Date | Saturday, October 16, 2021
Time | 9:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
This year’s OCD Awareness Week is October 10-16. includes programs and events hosted by members of the OCD community around the world.
The Translational Therapeutics Lab, Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and OCD SF Bay Area (an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)) will be hosting Stanford’s fifth annual OCD awareness week event, which will continue in a webinar format this year.
Ethan Smith-Los Angeles/Atlanta-based writer, producer, and director-will be speaking on “Turning Pain Into Your Purpose.” There will be sessions on Initial Treatments, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Novel Therapeutics; followed by a choice of 10 Breakout Rooms for Q&A with an OCD-focus on topics such as Exposure and Response Prevention, Su***de Prevention, Navigating College, Family Accommodation, Tourette’s/Tics, PANS/PANDAS, and Virtual Reality for Hoarding Disorder. There will also be a time for Bay Area residents to gather virtually and connect at the end.
The event is free and open to anyone from the public. Registration is required through the following link:
https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-bUiFE-qQgGQcgPGSb28fQ.
For any questions, please email ocdresearch@stanford.edu.
Visit https://iocdf.org/programs/ocdweek/ to view the OCD Awareness Week calendar and find additional events.
See the schedule of events on our website: https://med.stanford.edu/rodriguezlab.html
