Next Dublin OCD Support Group meeting on May 11th! Next Family and Friends Support Group meeting on May 19th! Next TTM Support Group on June 16th 09!

      OCD Ireland Lecture Series restarting for 2009/2010!

Individual advertisements for each lecture to follow in the comming weeks. Click here (.doc) or here (.pdf) to download a flyer for all our events in 2009/2010.

      New Mental Health Support line at St Patricks!

The new Support and Information Line is a telephone service which is part of the ongoing development of the Wellness and Recovery Centre at St Patrick's University Hospital Dublin. It provides information on all aspects of Mental Health and is staffed by experienced Mental Health Nurses. Provides 9am to 5pm Answering and call - back service outside of these hours. Phone: 01 249 3333 . For additional details click here (PDF)

      New Support Group for sufferers of Body Dysmorphic Disorder...

OCD Ireland plans to launch a new Support Group in September 2009 for sufferers of Body Dysmorhpic Disorder (BDD), the purpose of which is to offer support/ information in confidential and non-judgemental surroundings to individuals suffering with the disorder. Specific dates and times will be announced closer to the launch date.

      New Support Group for sufferers of Trichotillomania...

OCD Ireland has started a new Support Group for sufferers of Trichotillomania (TTM/Trich), the purpose of which is to offer support/ information in confidential and non-judgemental surroundings to individuals suffering with the disorder.

A flyer for this new group can be downloaded here (Word Doc), (PDF File).

The next meeting of the Support Group for TTM will be held on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 7:30pm (Every Second Tuesday of the month) at Montrose Hotel (Downey Room), Stillorgan Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4

There is a new 2009 calendar available for this new group from these links: Calendar (Word format) / Calendar (PDF format)

      Support Group Meetings for Family and Friends....

OCD, like any mental health condition, can be equally difficult for family members and close friends to deal with. As a consequence of diagnosis, family members also experience feelings of fear, loss and stigma. Contacts with extended family and friends can diminish and there can also be an overwhelming feeling of being alone.

OCD Ireland has started a Support Group for Family and Friends to offer support/ information in confidential and non judgemental surroundings for a family member, spouse, parent, sibling, or friend of a person with OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) or Trichotillomania (TTM/Trich).

This group is a private place to discuss ideas and experiences, to ask questions and to share resources and information with one another. A flyer for this new group can be downloaded here (Word Doc),(PDF File).

  The next 2009 meeting for the Support Group for Family and Friends will
  be held on May 19th, 2009 at 7.30pm (Every three weeks) in Room F
  (Ask at main reception), St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 2
  There is a new 2009 calendar available for this new group from
  these links:Calendar (Word format) / Calendar (PDF format)

      Family & Friends Support Group

Support Group Information (Word Doc)
Support Group Information (PDF File)
Click here to download Acrobate Reader (Needed to view the .PDF doc)

Next Meeting
Date: 19th May 2009 (Every three weeks)
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Room F (Ask at main reception), St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 2

There is a new 2009 calendar available from the link below
Calendar (Word format)
Calendar (PDF format)

      Dublin Support Group

The Dublin Support Group is a SUFFERERS ONLY support group

Support Group Information (Word Doc)
Support Group Information (PDF File)
Click here to download Acrobate Reader (Needed to view the .PDF doc)

Next Meeting
Date: 11th May 2009 (twice a month)
Time: 8.00pm
Location: Room F (Ask at main reception), St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 2

There is a new 2009 calendar available from the link below
Calendar (Word format)
Calendar (PDF format)

OCD Ireland wishes to emphasise that the above calendar is fixed for the year and all dates are pre-booked in co-operation with St-Patrick’s Hospital at the beginning of the year. St-Patrick’s reception and administration are not responsible for tracking the schedule of the above support group. Therefore we encourage interested parties and group participants to view the above calendar as the most authoritative source of information regarding group scheduling. The Dublin Support Group calendar takes into account Bank Holidays, amongst other national holidays. If groups are not scheduled to run within these periods, they are duly indicated in the Calendar. In exceptional circumstances a group meeting may be cancelled ( though this is very rare), however a notification will be placed on the OCD Ireland website indicating so.

      Other Support Groups

A list of support groups throughout Great Britain and Ireland can be found on the OCD Action website and the OCD UK website.

      Parameters of OCD Ireland Support Groups

  • The support groups, which are closed groups, are only for sufferers who have these conditions now and for people who currently have concerns that they may be suffering from a particular disorder.
    • OR
  • These groups, which are closed groups, are only for family, friends and carers who are currently being impacted by any of these disorders (this pertains to the family, friends and carers group).
  • OCD, TTM and BBD sufferers, family members, friends, carers and any interested people are invited to attend any of the free public talks organised by OCD Ireland (information on this located here ).
  • All support groups are only for people who are 18 years or older.
  • We offer support and information only.
  • These groups are confidential. That means that each member of the group should feel safe to discuss personal matters. In order to make this a safe place, each group member must agree to respect the rights of the other group members, by agreeing not to discuss anything they hear in in the meeting room with people outside of this group.
  • Group Facilitators will be provided with training and supervision from affiliated professionals.
  • We request participants not to name any of their treaters or discuss their specific medication in order for focus to remain on support.
  • We may have to request a small donation for the cost of room, supervision, training, etc.
  • We do not provide any professional referrals or professional recommendations.
  • We do not endorse specific Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists, Treatments, and Medications.
  • If this is your first group, we suggest that you use this opportunity to observe how the group works and to actively contribute to future groups. This will help you see if this group meets your needs.
  • For any people who wish to do research on any of these groups then they must submit a detailed proposal to our ethics committee who will review it (the email address: info@ocdireland.org). No group members will have to participate with any research unless this is his/her choice nor will any research occur in any support group. These are closed groups.