Looking For Participants for FREE Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Treatment

Friday, April 30th, 2010 Posted in Our Blogs | No Comments »

BDD PROJECT Looking for Participants for potential FREE treatment!! Pie Town Productions is currently casting a participant to appear on a presentation tape tackling the issue of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). This will be a thoughtful exploration of the realities ...

Ending The Pattern Of Destructive Misdiagnosis

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Articles | No Comments »

Is it ADHD? Anxiety? Giftedness? Julie’s parents and teachers are worried. She is in the 4th grade and falling behind in her studies. Although she has a complex vocabulary, and demonstrates a high level of general knowledge, she is not performing ...

Understanding the Underlying Triggers of OCD in Children

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Articles | No Comments »

The diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is usually quite straightforward in adults. However, symptoms of OCD in children often manifest in different ways, which can lead to detrimental misdiagnoses. The key is to understand the underlying cause of each child’s ...

Can your Child be Misdiagnosed? The Need for Child Anxiety Treatment

Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Articles | No Comments »

Timmy is an 8-year-old in the 3rd grade. He has always been known to be a shy, nervous kid who prefers to keep to himself and wait for others to approach him. He favors routine, and becomes anxious to change ...

Training Parents to Become Therapists: Crucial Strategies for Successful Child OCD Treatment

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Articles | No Comments »

It cannot be stressed enough the necessity of involving parents and other caretakers into child OCD treatment. This is also essential for those adults with OCD who continue to live with and depend upon their parents. OCD typically involve other ...

State of Affairs in the World of BDD

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Articles | No Comments »

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a disabling condition that until recently has been largely ignored. However, it is estimated that 1-2 % of the general population has BDD, nearly 5 million people in the US alone (Gorbis 2004b, Bohne et ...

OCD-Anorexia

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Articles | No Comments »

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the most common anxiety disorder, occurring in 40% of people suffering from anorexia nervosa (Kaye et al., 2004). Both disorders share many phenomenological similarities. The fears and obsessions of people with anorexia nervosa are similar to ...