Useful Websites and Resources for Anxiety & OCD

[Chemar]

Here are some useful websites related to OCD.
Please add any that you may feel will be helpful here :)

Natural OCD Treatment Options (http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=e0498803-7f62-4563-8d47-5fe33da65dd4&chunkiid=39026)

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (http://www.ocfoundation.org/)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Info at NIMH (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/HealthInformation/ocdmenu.cfm)

Dr Grohol's OCD Screening Quiz at PsychCentral (http://psychcentral.com/ocdquiz.htm)

National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists (http://www.nacbt.org/)

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm)

Latitudes Articles & Info on OCD (http://www.latitudes.org/anxiety_ocd.htm)

OCD info at PsychCentral (http://psychcentral.com/disorders/ocd/)

[firemonkey]

http://www.doaj.org/

[Chemar]

Discussion thread with a lot of information and website referencing for Hoarding & Cluttering
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=7270

[firemonkey]

http://understanding_ocd.tripod.com/ocd_support.html

[Lara]

When Your Child Has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
by Amy Wilensky
December 10, 2006
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/12/when-your-child-has-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/

Amy Wilensky who wrote the above also wrote an amazing book which I highly recommend.
"Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion" ~ by Amy S. Wilensky.

Good website regarding anxiety and OCD in children.
http://www.worrywisekids.org/index.html
[from The Children's Center for OCD and Anxiety, founded and directed in part by Tamar Chansky PhD who is also the author of an excellent book called "Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder", and also of "Freeing your child from anxiety"... second one I've not read.

[Chemar]

I am not sure if this is already on our list...

but it is a very well put together site with LOTS of info

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-an05.html

[Doody]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder from MedicineNet (http://www.medicinenet.com/anxiety/article.htm)

GAD is characterized by excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about everyday life events. People with GAD tend to always expect disaster and can't stop worrying about health, money, family, work or school. In people with GAD, the worry often is unrealistic or out of proportion for the situation. Daily life becomes a constant state of worry, fear and dread. Eventually, the anxiety so dominates the person's thinking that it interferes with daily functioning, including work, school, social activities and relationships.

Anxiety Disorders - National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/anxiety.cfm)

From WebMD:

Panic Disorder (http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-panic-disorder)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/obsessive-compulsive-disorder)

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/post-traumatic-stress-disorder)

Social Anxiety Disorder (http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-social-anxiety-disorder)

Specific Phobias (http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/specific-phobias)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/general-anxiety-disorder)

[SarahO]

Dr. Bransfields site for Microbes & Mental Illness

www.mentalhealthandillness.com

[Jo*mar]

NIMH · Anxiety Disorders
But when anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it has become a disabling disorder. More about Anxiety Disorders » ...
www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

NIMH · Anxiety Disorders · Complete Publication
Anxiety Disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (about 18%) in a given year,1 causing them to be filled with fearfulness ...
www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/anxiety-disorders/complete-publication.shtml - 56k - Cached - Similar pages

Anxiety Disorders Association of America, ADAA, Triumph Over ...
Resources for those suffering from or interested in learning more about generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder ...
www.adaa.org/ - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

Brief overview of anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders may develop from a complex set of risk factors, including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and life events. ...
www.adaa.org/GettingHelp/Briefoverview.asp - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

More results from www.adaa.org »
Anxiety disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Distinguishing among different anxiety disorders is important, since accurate diagnosis is more likely to result in effective treatment and a better ...
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_disorder - 73k - Cached - Similar pages

Anxiety Disorders, National Mental Health Information Center
This fact sheet briefly describes generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/ken98-0045/ - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General - Chapter 4
The anxiety disorders include panic disorder (with and without a history of ... In the United States, 1-year prevalence for all anxiety disorders among ...
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter4/sec2.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages

Psych Central: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
General symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. ... Unlike many other anxiety disorders, people with GAD don't characteristically avoid certain situations ...
www.psychcentral.com/disorders/sx24.htm - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

ANXIETY DISORDERS
But if you have an anxiety disorder, this normally helpful emotion can do just the opposite--it can keep you from coping and can disrupt your daily life. ...
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/anxiety/anxiety.htm - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

eMedicine - Anxiety Disorders : Article by William R Yates
Anxiety disorders are common psychiatric disorders. Many patients with anxiety disorders experience physical symptoms re.
www.emedicine.com/med/TOPIC152.HTM - 120k - Cached - Similar pages

more here-
http://www.google.com/search?q=anxiety+disorders&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[Lara]

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/in-depth-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/

In-Depth: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
By Ben Martin, Psy.D.
February 22, 2007

And this site which was posted earlier by Chemar... [What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy]

National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy...
is a form of psychotherapy that emphasizes the important role of thinking in how we feel and what we do.

[Lara]

Books:

Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
HarperCollins Publishers

The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts
by Lee Baer Ph.D

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/159/11/1952-a
Am J Psychiatry 159:1952-1953, November 2002
[Review]
Book Forum:
The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts
ROBERT T. RUBIN, M.D., PH.D. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts
by Christine Purdon and David A. Clark
New Harbinger Publications

Getting Control: Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions
by Lee Baer
Penguin Group (USA)