David Cooper

Clinical psychologist and scientist-practitioner. Scientia PhD @UNSW

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

🆕 research paper https://t.co/GgbgeValVU

Today I want to share the backstory:

One week in 2019, I spoke with ~30 ppl seeking help for OCD. Their journeys were HEARTBREAKING.

Here’s how their self-advocacy impacted me and made it easier to find help for OCD in Australia...
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[Jill Newby @drjillnewby]

Why do people with hoarding disorder hoard, and how can we help? https://t.co/8jr8gPRB6v via @ConversationEDU

[Jessicag @jessicargrisham]

Grateful that #Ocdbounce was invited to share our program for improving treatment access for young people with OCD with MPs and senators at Parliament House in Canberra at the youth mental health showcase. #youthmentalhealth

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

Hoping @AcademicChatter or #psychology research community can lend expertise here. Perhaps linked with recent #mturk billing changes but surely they can’t cut and run with the prepaid funds?

[Jessicag @jessicargrisham]

Are other researchers having this issue with mTurk? A few months ago @amazonmturk suspended our account "due to inactivity". No warning. We had pre-loaded lab $ for studies. After a month of daily emails: No access, no refund. How to escalate? Advice or RT would help! @AWSSupport

[Stats Central @StatsCentralAus]

💭 A novel experimental investigation of online imagery rescripting for obsessive-compulsive prospective imagery: https://t.co/eVqWt2j9DW; @davidcoops @GordyPopovic @jessicargrisham

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

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If you’re read this far and you’re wondering why OCD is an issue, why it needs specific treatment, or why MORE needs to be done... (the directory is NOT enough), this piece in the @TheConversation is worth a read.

https://t.co/UfCmALAQ6o

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

🆕 research paper https://t.co/GgbgeValVU

Today I want to share the backstory:

One week in 2019, I spoke with ~30 ppl seeking help for OCD. Their journeys were HEARTBREAKING.

Here’s how their self-advocacy impacted me and made it easier to find help for OCD in Australia...
1/8

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

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One participant said:

“I feel hopeful of finding help (and wish this existed sooner)”

So do I.

Thank you to those brave people who took the time to share their journeys with me in 2019 🙏🏻

You’ll probably never realise the impact of your self-advocacy, but it was worth it.

[Jessicag @jessicargrisham]

Obsessive compulsive disorder is more common than you think. But it can take 9 years for an OCD diagnosis https://t.co/lCvsoEVOrQ via @ConversationEDU

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

@jessicargrisham @GordyPopovic A few puzzles to solve: the control task was accidentally anxiolytic (oops)! We can improve the way we measured beliefs. Diagnosis not confirmed = not clinical sample (but high in OCD traits). Impact on symptoms not tested (yet). More studies in the works. 🤞

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

📊🔔So pleased to share this experimental study! We tested whether we could “re-script” OCD-related mental imagery of the future using audio-guided exercises - and compared this to brief imaginal exposure & control tasks. @jessicargrisham @GordyPopovic
https://t.co/U44l4qKK11

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

@jessicargrisham @GordyPopovic After brief imagery re-scripting, self-related beliefs and emotions improved, and urge to neutralise the imagery reduced. The imaginal exposure task didn’t perform so well, but this might just be because it was so short.

[Jonathan David, PhD @Jono_David1]

🔔PUBLICATION ALERT!🔔
@anxietydoc1 and I found that object attachment can be secure or insecure, much like interpersonal attachment style! So we developed the Object Attachment Security Measure (OASM).
https://t.co/2njbYDwgJv

[OCD BOUNCE @ocd_bounce]

Our latest publication calls for strengthened collaboration and advocacy between researchers, clinicians, consumers and their carers to improve assessment, treatment and research of #ocd. Read it #openaccess @RANZCP_ANZJP:
https://t.co/3iWotc4hYU

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

📣Are you in AUS + live with #OCD (or look after a young person who does)? We'd love your feedback 💬on an online directory of mental health professionals with special interest in treating OCD. Tell us how we can improve it here👉https://t.co/wJipW9NiT4
🙏🏻RT

[David Cooper @davidcoops]

@DrZ_behaviorist Enjoyed reading the detailed description of treatment, esp. the unhooking log!