Dr Katia Moritz and Dr Wilfredo Rivera-Perez: The Myth about OCD and Suicide
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this midweek special episode I chat with licensed psychologists Dr Katia Moritz and Dr Wilfredo Rivera-Perez of the Neurobehavioral Institute (NBI) in Florida.
We discuss what is suicide, some differences between being suicidal and experiencing suicidal OCD, when people experience both suicidal OCD or harm OCD and being actually suicidal, co-occurring disorders that may increase the risk for suicide, the importance of assessment, safety plans, suicidal ideation vs intention, protective factors, what to look out for as family members, and much more.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/nbi-8
The midweek special episodes which go out at the end of the month on a Wednesday are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral Institute (NBI) in Florida. I will be interviewing different members of their clinical team on a range of topics. NBI specialise in treatment and programs for anxiety, OCD, comorbidities, and complex cases. They also offer an intensive outpatient program, and a residential program called the NBI Ranch: A supportive living experience that complements intensive treatment for Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders.
To find out more about their intensive outpatient services, or the NBI ranch, as well as to read some of their free information online about OCD via their blog, click here to find out more: https://www.nbiweston.com/
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.3 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.1 | around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:21.6 | And welcome to this special midweek episode of the |
| 0:24.0 | podcast where I interview Dr Katchi Maritz and Dr. Wilfredo Rivera Perez |
| 0:28.7 | from the Neurobehavioral Institute of Florida and in this we discuss what is suicide. |
| 0:34.8 | Some differences between being suicidal and experiencing suicidal |
| 0:38.3 | OCD. |
| 0:39.7 | When people experience both suicidal OCD or harm OCD and being actually suicidal, |
| 0:45.8 | co-occurring disorders that may increase the risk of suicide. |
| 0:49.3 | The importance of assessment, safety plans, suicidal ideation verse intention, protective factors, what to look out for as family members and much more. |
| 1:02.0 | Now if you are feeling suicidal please reach out to your |
| 1:07.0 | emergency services in your countries. In the show notes I also put a link I found that has the suicide hotlines or |
| 1:14.9 | help lines for the various countries so please click that and find and give them a |
| 1:21.0 | call and they'll be able to support you. |
| 1:22.8 | Equally you can Google Suicide Helpline or Hotline in my country |
| 1:28.0 | and hopefully you'll find a number where you'll get a supportive voice at the end of that line that can help. |
| 1:36.0 | And also if you're working with a therapist or medical doctor or psychiatrist or anyone like that, |
| 1:41.0 | please also reach out to them and speak to family and any other |
| 1:44.3 | loved ones or friends as well. And these midweek special episodes which go out at the |
| 1:49.2 | end of the month on a Wednesday are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral Institute in Florida, or |
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