Anxiety and OCD Annotated Resources
Anxiety and OCD online and social media resources
http://dana.org/News/Harnessing_Imagination_to_Calm_Fears/- Imagination might be useful in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders like anxiety
OCD Gift Store
Light-hearted gifts related to OCD. OCD slogans on mousepads, t-shirts,
caps, mugs and more
Support Groups: OCD in Children
Support forums for parents of children with OCD.
Obsessive-Compulsive
Foundation
Not-for-profit organization of people with obsessive compulsive disorder
(OCD) and related disorders, their families, friends, and professionals.
Provides newsletter, yearly conference, professional training, publications,
and other activities.
OCD
Self Test
This is neat! Online questionaires for OCD from the Anxiety Disorders
Association of America. Based upon an older version of the Y-BOCS and
the DSMMR diagnostics. Could easily be modified for children.
Anxiety
Disorders in Children: A Test for Parents
Also from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, online questionaire
for parents who suspect their children have an anxiety disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive
Disorder in Children and in Teens
Long discussion of OCD in children and teens, including behavior at home,
school, and in the doctor's office. Detailed treatment options are also
discussed for home and school. From the School Psychiatry Program, Massachusetts
General Hospital.
OCD
Medication for Children
Overview of medications used to treat children with OCD, from the OCF.
Worry
Wise
Newsletter and articles on OCD and anxiety in children, at home and at
school, on the Worry Wise Kids site from the Children's Center for OCD
and anxiety from author and director Tamar Chansky and psychologist Lynne
Siqueland.
OCD
Behavior in Children
Common behaviors, signs and symptoms of OCD in children, in this article
from Kids Health. See also OCD
in Teenagers.