Make dedicated OCD education mandatory in the secondary school curriculum

Make dedicated OCD education mandatory in the secondary school curriculum — 15 signatures. Status: open.

Petition background

All secondary schools to teach about OCD within the PSHE curriculum. It should include avoiding stereotypes and discussing different variants and types of OCD.

Additional details

OCD is highly misunderstood with the average person making assumptions of it just being neat and tidy. Some even believe false rumours such as people enjoying the Compulsions of OCD, etc.

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