OCD Research South Africa

Spreading awareness on OCD related research conducted by the SU/UCT MRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders #OCD #Scicomm #MentalHealth

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

What is #OCD? @ProfLochner explains in the video below... #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness #mentalillness #mentalhealthisimportant #scicomm @SUhealthsci @safmh @TheSADAG @CMH_NGO @CPMentalHealth

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

⭐️ Karen 👩‍⚕️🎶 our team research psychiatrist - she is responsible for conducting clinical interviews with our volunteer participants... and she plays the cello! #impressed! 🤩 #meettheOCDRSAteam #OCD #mentalhealth

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

⭐️ Dan 👨‍💼 🕵️‍♀️ our unit director! He is professor of psychiatry at the University of Cape Town and our other principal investigator #meettheOCDRSAteam @UCTHealthSci #OCD

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

⭐️ Christine 👩‍🎓🦸‍♀️ our resident professor! She is the co-director of our unit and the project's principal investigator on site as well as our clinical psychologist! What a mouth full! @ProfLochner @SUhealthsci #meettheOCDRSAteam #OCD

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

⭐️ Nienke 🇳🇱🧠 our neuroscientist from the Netherlands!! She is our neuroimaging expert and responsible for all the MRIs #meettheOCDRSAteam

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

⭐️Janine👩‍⚕️💉 our research nurse and manager of the Mental Health Information Centre of SA (MHIC) - https://t.co/dV4GKzFHHc #meettheOCDRSAteam

Contact the MHIC call centre at 021 938 9229 or email [email protected]

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

⭐️Clara 👩‍🔬💻 research assistant with a background in physiology and occupational therapy and our go-to-person for neurocognitive computer assessments 🤓 #meettheOCDRSAteam

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

🧦⭐️@ProfLochner's 5th year tutorial class showing their support for #CrazySocks4Docs 👩‍⚕️⚕️#MentalHealthAwareness #mentalhealth #medicalschool @IthembaFoundat1 @SUhealthsci @FalkeSA

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

The OCDRSA team for #CrazySocks4Docs!!! Just check out @ProfLochner's creative new adaptation of the sock for hair wear! 🤩 #CS4D #IthembaFoundation Thanks @IthembaFoundat1 for this great initiative!!! #MentalHealthMatters #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay #mentalhealth @CiplaRSA

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

Ons gaan more ons "crazy-ste" sokkies aantrek! Join us! It's for a good cause! 🤩🥳 #CrazySocksforDocs #MentalHealthAwareness #Caring4OurCarers #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay @SUhealthsci @TheSADAG @safmh https://t.co/wOHtkwlWPW

[Cipla Africa @CiplaAfrica]

Doctors also face mental health issues. Help care for the carers by wearing your crazy, mismatched socks on 7 June.

#CSFD #CrazySocks4Docs #ithembafoundation #Caring4OurCarers #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay

[Cipla Africa @CiplaAfrica]

“Doctors are more than twice as likely as the general population to die by suicide.” - Dr Eric Levi
Read more: https://t.co/4Ga5dHXpjd
#CSFD #CrazySocks4Docs #Caring4OurCarers #ItsOkayNotToBeOk

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

#Author @MaireFisher's "...exploration of mental conditions and their effects on both sufferers and their families makes for a strangely moving story" - read a #review of #TheEnumerations in @TimesLIVE https://t.co/yAqfrOqPsC #OCD #MentalHealth @TheSADAG @safmh

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

Check out the MHIC website: https://t.co/sEUsGXg0Zk #mentalhealth #anxiety #OCD #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters @CMH_NGO @TheSADAG @CounsellingHub_

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

"Dis okay om nie okay te wees nie" Gaan kyk die naweek #Skemerson met Anneke Weidemann - 'n @SUhealthsci graduandi! https://t.co/66wovHDZfV … #Mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness @TheSADAG @CMH_NGO @CapeHealth

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

'n Onderhoud met Pietie Beyers op @mylitnet oor sy nuwe #rolprent #Skemerson wat vandag landswyd in teaters begin! https://t.co/XWiKcsZdls @TheSADAG @CounsellingHub_ @safmh #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #mentalhealth @storiemaker

[SADAG @TheSADAG]

A new SA Feature shines light on Depression. The new Skemerson film directed by Phillip Rademeyer and written by Pietie Beyers, which opens nationwide on Friday 3 May 2019 in selected Nu Metro's and Ster-Kinekor. https://t.co/3lw3FG4qxe

[Chrissie Hodges @PureOchrissie]

THIS SATURDAY!
FREE digital conference on OCD!
https://t.co/XytvDtIlCg https://t.co/mQyr48QMtn

[Time to Change @TimetoChange]

“BDD is an illness, and not about vanity, which I think many people believe”

There are many misconceptions surrounding Body Dysmorphic Disorder, which can stop people from seeking the help they need. Here are 7 things people with BDD want you to know: https://t.co/6H91zAPWGT

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

A great #documentary about #OCD with Prof @utafrith. Watch it here: https://t.co/D0aHqpnZrz @TheSADAG @MentalHealth_TV @CMH_NGO @safmh #MentalHealthAwareness #FridayThoughts

[OCD Research South Africa @OCDRSA]

After experiencing a hijacking outside his home in #CapeTown, Noah’s #OCD goes into overdrive... Read @KaraboKgoleng's review of this #novel #TheEnumerations by @MaireFisher https://t.co/M5lQve5zIn via @mylitnet @TheSADAG @CMH_NGO @safmh @CPMentalHealth