UNC’s Jon Abramowitz, a psychology professor and director of the OCD/Anxiety Disorders Clinic, will be one of the panelists at a free event Oct. 17: “Understanding and Getting Help for OCD: An Evening with Experts.”
The 6:30 p.m. panel discussion will be held at Cameron Village Library, Room 202, 1930 Clarke Ave., Raleigh.
The event is part of OCD Awareness Week, Oct. 14-20.
A panel of experts in diagnosing and treating obsessive compulsive disorder will offer a question-answer session for the community.
Panelists include:
- Abramowitz, author of a self-help book for people with OCD entitled, Getting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life.
- Aureen Wagner, clinical child psychologist and founder of The Anxiety Wellness Center in Cary, has authored several books on OCD, including: Up and Down the Worry Hill, What to do When your Child has OCD, and Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents.
- Jeffrey Sapyta is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center, where he currently coordinates a family-based OCD intervention study for younger children with OCD symptoms.
- Annette Perot is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Durham, where she has specialized in the treatment of adults with OCD and related disorders for the past 19 years.
For more information, visit http://www.ocfoundation.org.
