our purpose
Empowering people with OCD to live beyond the limits of their disease.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an insidious disease.
It creates a fog of uncertainty that disrupts daily routines. It causes anxiety, depression, loneliness, and despair. It destroys the quality of life, and can undermine the will to live.
It affects up to 3 million adults and 500,000 children in the U.S. — yet many cases go unreported + untreated.
Feelings of shame and stigma keep it hidden from loved ones. It is often misdiagnosed, and presents with comorbidities, like anxiety or depression. It takes 11 years, on average, to receive treatment after meeting initial diagnostic criteria.
And while there are effective treatments for some, they don’t work for everyone.
Every patient is different—there is no one-size-fits-all solution. ~1/3 of patients are treatment-resistant—their symptoms withstand existing therapies. Primary treatments from 30 years ago remain largely unchanged today.
our vision
We’re taking a radical new approach to funding OCD research and breakthroughs.
