SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2008 MEETINGS!

The New Jersey Affiliate of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation will have its quarterly meetings on the following Monday evenings: March 10, June 9, September 8 and December 8. The meetings are FREE! Please plan to join us! Our meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. We hope to see you there!

Next Quarterly Meeting: A Specific Obsession Examined

Our next quarterly meeting will take place on Monday, September 8th at 7:30 PM. It will be held at the usual place at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Find directions and a map towards the back of this newsletter. Dr. Monica Terwilliger Williams will be speaking on, “Homosexuality Anxiety: A Misunderstood Symptom of OCD.”

Dr. Terwilliger Williams practices at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She is an Assistant Professor at in the Department of Psychiatry at U of P, and has contributed multiple book chapters and published multiple academic publications. She recently contributed a chapter to book, “Leading-Edge Health Education Issues,” in which she explored the topic that she will be discussing at our meeting.

Dr. Terwilliger Williams explains in her own words, “Homosexuality concerns are a common symptom [of OCD] that may go unrecognized by professionals who are not well versed in the assessment of OCD. The talk will focus on the phenomenology of homosexuality anxiety, how to distinguish this form of OCD from sexual identity crisis, real examples, and using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for treatment.”

Please consider coming to this meeting, even if yours or your family members’ OCD is not of a sexual identity nature. The understanding of this phenomenon, and an in depth review of its treatment will provide important information for people with OCD who may be struggling with many different types of obsessional concerns.

DIRECTIONS to Our new meeting location!

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, in the Medical Education Building, Room 108A.

From the New Jersey Turnpike:

Take Exit #9 (New Brunswick) and proceed on Route 18 North, approximately 2 miles to the exit Route 27 South (Princeton Exit). Follow Route 27 South (Albany Street) to the 4th light (New Brunswick train station on left). Make a right onto Easton Avenue. Proceed one block and make a left at the next light onto Somerset Street. Proceed one block to the first light and make a left onto Little Albany Street. The hospital is on the right side and the NJ Cancer Institute is on the left side. Pass the Emergency Room entrance and the hospital's Parking Deck on your right hand side. (Parking Deck fee: $1 per hour). To get to the meeting, in Room 108A, follow the directions under Medical Education Builiding.

From Southern New Jersey:

Take Route 18 North to Route 27 South (Princeton exit). Follow Route 27 South (Albany Street) for 4 lights (New Brunswick train station on left). Make a right onto Easton Avenue. Proceed one block and make a left at the next light onto Somerset Street. Proceed one block to the first light and make a left onto Little Albany Street. The hospital is on the right side and the NJ Cancer Institute is on the left side. Pass the Emergency Room entrance and the hospital's Parking Deck on your right hand side. (Parking Deck fee: $1 per hour). To get to the meeting, in Room 108A, follow the directions under Medical Education Builiding.

From Route 1 (North or South):

Take Route 18 North to Route 27 South (Princeton Exit). Follow the Route 27 South (Albany Street) directions above. To get to the meeting, in Room 108A, follow the directions under Medical Education Builiding.

From Route 287:

Take Exit #10 (formerly Exit #6) "Route 527/Easton Ave./New Brunswick" and continue on Easton Avenue for approximately 6 miles. Make a right onto Somerset Street. The hospital is on the right side and the NJ Cancer Institute is on the left side. Pass the Emergency Room entrance and the hospital's Parking Deck on your right hand side. To get to the meeting, in Room 108A, follow the directions under Medical Education Builiding.

From the Garden State Parkway:

Exit Route 1 South. Proceed approximately 9 miles to Route 18 North. Take Route 18 North to Route 27 South (Princeton Exit). Follow Route 27 South (Albany Street) to the 4th light (New Brunswick train station on left). Make a right onto Easton Avenue. Proceed one block and make a left at the next light onto Somerset Street. Proceed one block to the first light and make a left onto Little Albany Street. The hospital is on the right side and the NJ Cancer Institute is on the left side. Pass the Emergency Room entrance and the hospital's Parking Deck on your right hand side. To get to the meeting, in Room 108A, follow the directions under Medical Education Builiding.

Medical Education Building (MEB):

Take the hospital's parking deck elevator to the first floor and upon exiting make a right. Walk across the Arline & Henry Schwartzman Courtyard to the double glass doors; the sign above will read "Medical Education Building". For Room #108-A, make an immediate right and the room is on your left-hand side.