Event: Overcoming Obsessive Compulsive Urges (Online Event)
Speaker: Dr Leslie Lim
Date: 8 SEP Thu
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm (GMT 11:30hrs)
Venue: ALBY Events via online ZOOM Video
Fee: $10 or $29 (includes Dr Leslie's book FREEDOM FROM FEAR valued at $23.50)
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This talk will cover several conditions. While the focus is on Obsessive -Compulsive Disorder (OCD), other related disorders e.g. body dysmorphic disorder and trichotillomania will also be described.
Recent community surveys have revealed that the risk of developing Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Singapore is over 3%. This ranks among the highest in the world. OCD sufferers experience thoughts, images and urges which drive them to perform compulsive behaviours, known as rituals.
Repeated cleaning, washing and checking can take hours and can severely cripple a person’s life.
- Can such ritualistic behaviours be stopped?
- Is there also a dark side to OCD that many are not aware of?
- Is there a spiritual element involved? What about Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder, what is it, how is it different from OCD?
- How can people with such urges find hope to overcome their condition? What can family members do to help?
Whether it is you, a friend or family member who is suffering from OCD and its related disorders, this talk is for you.
About the Speaker
Associate Professor Leslie Lim has been a practising psychiatrist with over 30 years’ experience in the public sector.
He is a Clinical Associate Professor and an Adjunct Associate Professor with two universities in Singapore.
As a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, he specialises in the management of mood and anxiety disorders. He graduated from TCA College with a Master of Arts in Ministry, and has authored 5 books, viz. Mental Illness or Demonisation? Similarities and Differences; Freedom from Fear; Depression: the Misunderstood Illness; Confronting Your Anxiety: a Biblical Response to Overcoming Fear and Worry; and the new release Victorious Living in a Depressed World: Biblical perspectives for overcoming depression.