• Black & OCD

    AWARENESS - DISSEMINATION - OUTREACH

    Black & OCD exists to increase visibility, strengthen understanding, and build meaningful pathways to culturally-responisve community engagement - bridging lived experience, shared knowledge, and access to OCD resources and support.

  • MISSION

    STATEMENT:

    Centering the

    Black Voice and...

    Affirming the

    Black & OCD Experience

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Black Americans in the U.S. are suffering with OCD at a rate equivalent to the larger U.S. population but are less likely to have access to evidence-based treatment. When able to find help, few Black Americans with OCD receive the recommended specialized treatment, and fewer Black Americans with OCD use medication (Himle et al., 2008).

    Black youth and adults with OCD are underserved in the mental health community and underrepresented in OCD research. ~IOCDF 2012, 2016

  • Pathways to Engagement

    Centering the Black and OCD experience through AWARENESS, DISSEMINATION, and OUTREACH

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    Increase Understanding (Awareness)

    BOCD Resource Page

    Explore how OCD is experienced, recognized, and understood in Black communities. Increase visibility of how symptoms may present, be interpreted, and overlooked.

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    Access Knowledge (Dissemination)

    Black & OCD Research (Peer-Reviewed)

    Engage with research, scholarship, and emerging knowledge shaping our understanding of OCD in Black communities. Expand access to clinical knowledge in ways that are relevant and usable across audiences.

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    Build CommUNITY (Outreach)

    BOCD Think Tank Initiative

    Join conversations the BOCD Think Tank. Building relationships, partnerships, and community-based discussions that support engagement, trust, and pathways to resources and support.

  • Connect With Us

    Fight Back and Reach Out

    You + Us = CommUNITY