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:
Seeing a provisional psychologist:
Online therapy options:
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
