Volunteers Needed for Research Study
Please direct all questions to the study coordinator, Dr. Valerie L.B. Ariza valerielabui@health.usf.edu or (727)767-2714
Volunteers Needed for Research Study
You are invited to participate in a focus group discussion focusing on better understanding personal experiences with leaders and allies when living with an OCD diagnosis. Peace of Mind Foundation is in collaboration with Rice University research being undertaken by Assistant Professor Elizabeth McIngvale Ph.D., LMSW, Baylor College of...
Help Ryan Bernstein create OCD to Me: An Anthology of Anxieties by sharing your story
Looking back, I was surprised I’d survived at all. The summer after third grade I wouldn’t eat because I was too anxious. In fourth grade, I spent one hundred and twenty arduous days eating only dried cereal for lunch. In sixth grade, I wouldn’t even eat at school. In seventh...
ABC 13: Mattress Mack and family now offering up mental health help in the wake of Harvey
“Whether he is giving away tickets to a World Series game and flying you private to see it, offering up a place to stay when your house is flooded or “saving you money” at Gallery Furniture, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is a one-of-a-kind Texan.” …Read More
ADAA 2018 Annual Conference
The ADAA 2018 Annual Conference (April 5-8, Washington, DC) brings together clinicians and researchers focused on improving treatments and finding cures for anxiety, depression and related disorders. Join more than 1,300 peers from across the US and around the world to connect, share and collaborate. Choose from 170+ sessions,...
CW 39: Mattress Mack’s daughter’s 15-year battle with OCD
January 29, 2015 — HOUSTON, TX– Over the years, we’ve seen Mattress Mack’s daughter Elizabeth McIngvale grow up before our eyes in Gallery Furniture commercials. For the last 15 of those years, though, she’s been fighting a devastating illness– obsessive compulsive disorder. She calls it a “living nightmare” that began for...
ABC News 20/20: Living with OCD
May 22, 2014 — Elizabeth McIngvale-Cegelski, Ph.D., LMSW, was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder as a child. In an effort to help those living with OCD and other illnesses, McIngvale-Cegelski made it her life’s mission to ensure they receive treatment and to decrease the stigma that she said is associated...
Elizabeth McIngvale On Personal OCD Experience – Okay to Say
May 6, 2016 – Mental illness is a very personal issue that needs to be talked about. Elizabeth McIngvale shares how her father ended the stigma about OCD by reaching out and helping her work through her struggles.
University of Houston Graduate College Social Work (UHGCSW): Mental Illness
Apr 28, 2014 – Mel Taylor and Elizabeth McIngvale discuss how the GCSW is preparing students for the future of social work in mental illness.
CW 39: Outlook Houston with Yolanda Green
Feb 25, 2010 – An Outlook Houstin news piece about OCD featuring IOCDF Spokesperson Elizabeth McIngvale.
