Show Notes
This week Penny and Angie are joined by pediatrican Dr Annie Moulden and clinical psychologist Lauren Wetheimer. They dive into topics including who can diagnose a child with OCD and how this process unfolds, how and why parents play such a big and important role in OCD recovery, the advantages of early diagnosis and the role of medication. Finding a psychologist in Australia: OCD Bounce Directory Seeing a provisional psychologist: UTS Bond university Swinburne University Online therapy options: OCD? Not Me! Books about OCD in kids for adults: Talking Back to OCD by John S. March Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD by Eli R. Lebowitz Books about OCD for kids: Nobody’s Perfect by Ellen Burns What to do when your brain gets stuck by Dawn Huebner
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