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OCD: Further resources for patients and practitioners
Web links
www.babcp.com Website for the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies. Many therapists who treat OCD and other mental illness are accredited members. Maintains standards of therapy. Has a find a therapist function.
www.mind.org.uk One of the UKs primary mental health charities. Supplies information on a range of mental disorders.
www.nopanic.org.uk Run by the charity Nopanic, this website offers information on a number of anxiety disorders including phobias, OCD and generalised anxiety disorder. It also provides a freephone helpline open from 10am-10pm every day of the year.
http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/CG31 The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence. Provides NICE guidelines on OCD.
www.ocdaction.org.uk Run by a UK-based charity, this website provides an informative description of OCD and associated therapies. Also provides support groups, recommended reading and news articles as well as advice for families and carers.
www.ocduk.org UK website run by OCD sufferers, for OCD sufferers. Includes advice and facts about OCD, treatment and support for patients and families. It also provides a local support group locator.
www.ocdyouth.info Information from the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust directed at young people and their carers.
www.triumphoverphobia.com Charity offering self-help therapy groups for OCD and phobic anxiety sufferers.
Books and self-help guides
Hyman, B and Pedrick, C (2005) The OCD workbook: your guide to breaking free from obsessive compulsive disorder New Harbinger Publications, Oakland CA
(A guide through exposure response prevention for adults and adolescent patients and advice for families.)
Veale, D and Wilson, R (2005) Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder Constable and Robinson, London
(A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques.)
Leaflets
Patient and carer information leaflet (PDF 193 KB)
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Differential diagnosis and suggested screening questions
Further resources for patients and practitioners
