The weather has been ‘bipolar’ this week, a neat and tidy friend has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and someone who tried to chat you up in a bar was as awkward as someone with Asperger’s. Using mental health terms as if they are clichés has become commonplace in the past few years, we hear them read more »

Times online have recently created a number of questionnaires to help you determine if you might have a mental illness. If you are worried that your winter blues might be something a little more serious then find out if you need to seek help. We are all guilty of using the terms stressed and depressed read more »

Concerns at the difficulty of diagnosing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder have been address, with new methods of identifying those at risk, reports The Times. There are calls for more research to be undertaken to monitor those in high-risk groups, such as pregnant women and young people leaving home, to ascertain triggers and and help prevent the read more »

Mental health professionals and members of the public who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) will get together on Saturday 22nd November for the 2008 OCD Conference at Imperial College London. The Conference is organised by OCD Action and has been designed to educate and inspire participants, and provide an opportunity to share personal read more »