Archive for August, 2009
OCD and the Swine Flu – Part 2
As summer ends, students return to school, and flu-season appears on the horizon, the drumbeat of panic about Swine flu is starting to increase again. Yesterday (August 25, 2009), the CNN website had a headline that read: “Swine flu could cause up to 90,000 U.S. deaths”. On the same day, the Los Angeles Times ran a story that reported that 20% to 40% of the US population could get Swine flu this year, and up to 2 million Americans could be hospitalized as a result. › Continue reading
2009 Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation Conference
Every year the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation hosts a weekend conference featuring seminars, presentations, and group support opportunities for treatment providers, OCD sufferers, and their families. The 2009 conference was held August 7-9 in Minneapolis and I had the opportunity to attend. I attended so many interesting discussions and met so many psycho therapists who specialize in treating OCD, that it will be a challenge to summarize the experience. For those who missed out this year, here are some of the more noteworthy things I noticed. › Continue reading
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