OCD Action

Downloads

Here you can download some of our support and information resources. Please keep checking back to this area as we are intending to add a new range of awareness resources in January 2010 along with an up-date of our main information sheets.

GP Resources

• GP Card This card is designed for you to give to your GP and outlines some of the key things that they need to know.

• Full NICE Guideline This is the full technical Guideline giving medical details, research methodology, evidence review and sources of evidence.

• NICE Guidance This gives all of the information but without the technical content.

• Quick Reference to NICE – RECOMMENDED This version summarises the recommendations in the Guideline

• NICE Guidelines for the public – RECOMMENDED This is the version that describes the guidance issued to the NHS. It sets out the recommended treatment path for people with OCD and BDD and explains what you should expect from your GP.

Please note, The NICE Guideline applies to the NHS in England and Wales. Separate arrangements are made for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Information on OCD

• Challenging OCD
  This booklet is our main support manual covering all aspects of OCD

Up-dated information sheets:

• What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ?
• Assessment and Diagnosis
• Accessing Treatment – your rights
• What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
• Medication for OCD
• Supporting a person with OCD
• Habit Disorders
• BDD

OCD and related disorders,  information Videos (.wmv)

• BDD
• Habit Disorders
• Depression
• Health Anxiety
• Panic
• Phobia
• Reasurance
• Hoarding
• Computer based CBT part one
• Computer based CBT part two
• Family members and carers

OCD and related disorders,  powerpoint presentations (.ppt)

• Making CBT work - Paul Salkovskis at OCD Week 2010
• Manage your Mood in OCD & BDD - David Veale at OCD Week 2010
• Depression and OCD - Costas Papageorgiou at OCD Week 2010
• Making CBT work – Satwant Singh at OCD Week 2010
• Group Therapy – Karina Lovell at OCD Week 2010
• Support Groups – Satwant Singh at OCD Week 2010
• Guided Self Help – Karina Lovell at OCD Week 2010
• Family involvement in Treatment – Katie d’Ath at OCD Week 2010

Carer Resources

• Study into the effect on the families and carers of people with OCD

• What to do if the person with OCD refuses help

Advocacy Resources

• Your Rights – OCD & Accessing Treatment
• Your Rights – OCD & Detention under the Mental Health Act
• Your Rights – OCD & Work
• Your Rights – Housing
• Employing People with OCD
• OCD and Advocacy
• Referral to a Centre of Excellence for OCD
• Template letter to a referring clinician
• Your Rights powerpoint presentation
• CBT Checklist – a guide to what good CBT should and should not include

Please Note that these information leaflets were up-dated following the introduction of new equalities legislation.

Charity and Governance information

• Report and Accounts 2009-10
• Report and Accounts 2008-09
• Report and Accounts 2007-08
• Report and Accounts 2006-07
• Strategic Plan
• Confidentiality Policy
• Service Remit

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Related Pages

About Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

About, Compulsive, Disorder, Obsessive, OCD

Do I Have OCD?

Online Survey, Self Assessment

Related Disorders

Body Dysmorphia, Hair Pulling

Treatments Available

CBT, Medication

Getting Support

Helplines, Online Support

Carers

About, Carers

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