The next Dublin Support Group meeting will take place on April 28th. The next Family and Friends Support Group meeting will take place on May 20th. More information can be found in the Support Groups section of the website.

      New 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 meeting for the Support Group for Family and Friends will be
  held on May 20th 2008 at 7.30pm (Every three weeks) in Room B (Ask
  at main reception), St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 2
  There is a new 2008 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: May 20th 2008 (Every three weeks)
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Room B (Ask at main reception), St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 2

There is a new 2008 calendar available from the link below
Calendar (Word format)
Calendar (PDF format)

      Dublin Support Group

The Dublin Support Group will become a SUFFERERS support group only from December 2005 onwards

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: April 28th 2008 (Every two weeks)
Time: 8.00pm
Location: Room A (Ask at main reception), St Patrick's Hospital, James Street, Dublin 2

There is a new 2008 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 the Support Group

  • The support group is only for OCD sufferers and people who have concerns that they may be suffering from OCD.
  • OCD sufferers, family members, friends, carers and any interested people are invited to attend Dr Jim Lucey's talks (information at the top of this page).
  • We offer support and information.
  • Groups are confidential.
  • Group Facilitators will be provided with training from affiliated professionals.
  • Group Facilitators will be provided with supervision from affiliated professionals
  • We request participants not to name any of their treaters in order for focus to remain on support.
  • We may have request a small donation for the cost of room, etc.
  • We are not a referral service.
  • We do not endorse specific Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Psychotherapists, Treatments, and Medications.