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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2014
Rogers Behavioral Health Takes OCD Services to
Tampa Bay
(Oconomowoc, Wis.) Recognizing the unmet need for treatment of obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) nationwide, Rogers Behavioral Health System is
stepping forward to increase access by teaming up with local expertise. This
summer, the Wisconsin-based system plans to open Rogers Behavioral Health—
Tampa Bay.
Eric Storch, Ph.D., a University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine
professor and clinical psychologist, will serve as clinical director through an
affiliation agreement with USF Health for his professional services.
One in 10 people suffer from some form of OCD, which is a mix of obsessive and
compulsive thoughts and actions with disabling effects that can disrupt
relationships, impede activities of daily living and make it difficult to work. Rogers’
Tampa Bay office is an extension of one of the most comprehensive OCD treatment
programs in the country. It will initially offer intensive outpatient programming for
children, adolescents and adults, with plans to add a partial hospitalization program
for those same ages.
This is the first satellite location outside of Wisconsin for Rogers, which operates
the state’s largest, not-for-profit psychiatry and addiction services health system.
“Rogers has a real depth of experience and programming in OCD treatment,” said
Patrick Hammer, Rogers’ system president and CEO. “On a daily basis, we treat
more patients for OCD than anywhere else. We draw patients from around the
country, but we also understand the benefit of being able to get this kind of care
closer to home. We see this as a winning combination for everyone involved, but
especially for our patients.”
“I regularly see patients who would benefit from this level of care, but find
themselves needing to travel a great distance to do so,” said Dr. Storch, who has
contributed to more than 325 peer-reviewed publications on OCD, anxiety and
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related conditions. “Rogers has helped set the standard of care for OCD and related anxiety disorders, an area that
I’ve devoted my career to as well. I’m pleased to team up with Rogers in this new service for individuals from Florida
and the Southeast.”
Rogers’ Bradley Riemann, Ph.D., clinical director of the OCD Center and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Services at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc, collaborated with Dr. Storch in developing the Florida
program. Both are recognized internationally among peers for their expertise in the treatment of OCD. He and Dr.
Storch, an endowed chair at USF Health pediatrics department with joint appointments in psychiatry and psychology,
regularly contribute to the International OCD Foundation’s behavior therapy training institutes, which provide periodic
training on OCD therapy to providers around the country.
The agreement with USF Health also allows for future collaborations which support shared interests in education and
research.
Rogers Behavioral Health System consists of five key corporations: Rogers Memorial Hospital; Rogers
Memorial Hospital Foundation, Inc.; Rogers Partners in Behavioral Health, LLC; Rogers Center for Research
and Training; and Rogers InHealth. The hospital has become nationally recognized for its specialized
residential treatment services and affiliations with academic institutions and teaching hospitals in the area.
Rogers Memorial Hospital is currently Wisconsin’s largest not-for-profit, private behavioral health hospital,
providing adults, children and adolescents with depression and mood disorders treatment, eating disorders
treatment, addiction treatment, obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders treatment, as well as caring for
a variety of child and adolescent mental health concerns. For more information, please visit
rogershospital.org/newsroom.
February 2014