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National OCD Awareness Week, October 12-18
Local Events

Pizza Party | OCD Support Group | Documentary Showing | Annual Open Board Meeting | OCD Lecture

Tuesday, Oct. 13 6:00p.m.
Pizza Party
Safe Harbor Behavioral Health
1330 West 26th St.

Erie

The pizza party is a social gathering for children and adults with OCD as well as their family and friends. Kids will meet in a supervised setting with activities offered so that they can meet others their own age who struggle with similar issues. Adults will have the chance to socialize separately as well having a chance to ask questions of OCD therapists. A family therapist will answer questions from family and friends who attend and a psychiatrist will be on hand to answer medication questions. Free pizza will be served. RSVP by emailing ocdirections@verizon.net or by calling 412-363-6231.

Wednesday, Oct. 14 6:00 p.m.
OCD Support Group,
155 N. Craig St., Suite 170

Pittsburgh

On going peer support group meeting open to anyone with OCD, their families and friends, and clinicians in training.

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Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Documentary Showing: ABC Primetime Family Secrets- OCD episode
Bellefield Towers, Conference room
100 N. Bellefield Ave.,\
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Co-sponsored by the OCD Intensive Treatment Programs of the UPMC Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and the OC Foundation of Western PA.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Annual Open Board Meeting

Resolve Crisis Network
333 North Braddock Ave.

Pittsburgh

Come check out the activities of the local OCF group.

Thursday, Oct. 15, 7:00 p.m.
OCD Lecture: OCD Behavioral Therapy: How Intense a Protocol is Right For Me?
Resolve Crisis Network
333 North Braddock Ave.

Pittsburgh

Terri Laterza, LCSW and Kalie Pierce, MSCP of the Adult OCD Intensive Outpatient Program of the UPMC Western Psychiatric Institute Clinic will lead this discussion.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information contact ocdirections@verizon.net

PARENTS

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The Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF), with more than 10,000 members, is an international not-for-profit organization composed of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders, their families, friends, professionals and other concerned individuals.

Founded by a group of individuals with OCD in 1986, the mission of the OCF is to educate the public and professional communities about OCD and related disorders; to provide assistance to individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family and friends; and to support research into the causes and effective treatments of OCD and related disorders.

To make a donation to the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Western Pennsylvania via Pay Pal

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OCFWPA
PO Box 874
McMurray, PA 15317