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Trauma-informed System of Care
On May 29, 2012, a Symposium was held at kidsLINK on Trauma-informed Systems of Care. The Key-note Speaker was Dr. Ann Jennings. Participants from various government and social service agencies were in attendance, as well as others in the community interested in the topic. To find out more about the symposium and to view our extensive Trauma-informed resources, please click on the infographic.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
| OCD is treatable. Both medications and therapy or counselling are often used and are sometimes used together. |
Parents may notice that their child worries sometimes. When these worries consume a child they are called “obsessions”. These are uninvited thoughts, urges or images that repeat themselves in the child’s mind over and over again.
When children act out one of these thoughts in the same way every time it is called a ritual. The child can become stuck on this ritual and need to do it over and over again. Then it is called a “compulsion”.
When obsessions and compulsions happen over and over again they are called obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- recurrent obsessions or compulsions that interfere with a person’s life
- take up more than one hour a day, or
- cause marked distress or significant impairment
| Common Obsessions | Common Compulsions |
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Links or Useful Resources on OCD:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - www.camh.ca
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - www.aacap.org Child & Parent Resource Institute - www.cpri.ca - or call 1-519-858-2774 University of Waterloo, Centre for Mental Health Research-519-888-4567 Ext. 33842 or cmhr@uwaterloo.ca Children’s Mental Health Ontario - www.kidsmentalhealth.ca Canadian Mental Health Association - www.cmha.ca Hamilton Health Sciences - www.macanxiety.com Ontario OCD Network - www.ocdontario.org Tourette Syndrome Plus - www.tourettesyndrome.net |
