What You're Experiencing has a Name: OCD

Show Floor, Main Stage
October 9, 2023
Howie Mandel
Solome Tibebu
Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech
Stephen Smith
NOCD
Alyssa Jaffee
7wireVentures

This text is a dialogue from a health convention featuring actor and comedian Howie Mandel, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), alongside Stephen Smith, the CEO and co-founder of the OCD-focused app, NOCD, and Lemia Ait, the CEO of digital behavioral health tech company, Solavei.com. They discuss the reality and severity of OCD, which is often misunderstood as simply being a personality quirk or neatness. Mandel shares his own struggles with OCD, emphasizing the importance of mental health. Both Mandel and Smith highlight how NOCD is providing accessible and affordable care and diagnosis for those struggling with OCD.