Exposure therapy

  • Girl crying as she doesnt want to go to school

    Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) in Practice: Evidence, Complexity, and Recovery-Oriented Approaches

    This three-hour online event explores what we currently know about EBSA, and how thinking, language, and responses have evolved in recent years. The session will examine the up-to-date research landscape, emerging international developments, and recovery-oriented approaches grounded in complex real-world cases.

    Event type
    Update session
    Location
    LIVE STREAM
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  • An Indian school girl showing signs of stress

    Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Children and Young People: Current Evidence and Clinical Approaches

    Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Children and Young People: Current Evidence and Clinical Approaches   Short summary Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related disorders, including Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), often begin in childhood or adolescence and can be associated with marked distress, impaired school functioning, family disruption, and increased risk of comorbidity and co-occurring symptoms.

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  • confused young girl

    OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    People with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) experience unpleasant and intrusive thoughts, images, doubts or urges (called obsessions) and repetitive behaviours (called compulsions). Compulsions are usually carried out as a way of reducing the distress caused by obsessions. OCD takes many different forms and causes distress and interference to day-to-day life. 

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