Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK (this website)

Has an information leaflet called Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

 OCD Action

The national organisation for people with OCD, their carers and interested professionals.

 OCD-UK

A registered charity for those that suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in the UK. One of their key aims is to raise awareness of the condition within the UK, in-particular with young adults. Another prime objective is to improve the NHS services offered to OCD sufferers.

 OCD-Today

A user friendly website for people affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Providesinformation for the family, friends, carers and parents of anyone withOCD.

 First Steps to Freedom

Help, advice and support for those suffering from phobias, panic attacks and obsessional compulsive disorder. Help now available via e-mail.

 National Phobics Society (The)

Aims to help anyone affected by anxiety disorders including phobic and obsessive disorders.

 Obsessions and compulsions - a self help guide

One of a set of self help guides on mental health issues that have been developed in Northumberland by Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurses and other Therapists.

 The OCD Centre

The centre is the first specialised unit for the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder in the UK. Offers online, telephone and in-person help. All of our information is free and they have a charitable trust in place. 80% of staff have personal experience of OCD and the Chairman is a well known author and researcher in the field of OCD, Dr Jeffrey Schwartz. They are affiliated with the charity First Steps to Freedom (an anxiety and OCD registered charity).

 Obsessive-compulsive disorder

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

 Wallsend Self Help Group

Tyneside based support, provided by ex-sufferers, for those with Anxiety, Depression, OCD and other stress and phobia related problems. Although this is a local group, their website gives useful general information on these problems.

 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies provide a leaflet on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

 Mental Health Foundation

Provide good information about OCD.

 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Provide a range of information leaflets about OCD.

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.