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Evidence to Improve Care

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Care in All Settings



Ontario Health (Quality) thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard:


Randi E. McCabe (co-chair)
Director, Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton


Peggy M.A. Richter (co-chair)
Head, Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre


Sharon Bal
Family Physician, Delta Coronation Family Health Organization


Mary Bartram
Registered Social Worker, Postdoctoral Researcher, McGill University


Jaime Brown
Lived Experience Advisor; Research Coach, Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health


Suzanne Filion
Director of Strategic Development, Hawkesbury and District General Hospital


Cheryl Fiske
Occupational Therapist, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences


Mark Freeman
Lived Experience Advisor; Peer Support Specialist; Author


Judith Laposa
Psychologist and Clinician Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Assistant Professor, University of Toronto


Lisa Leblanc
Team Lead, Assertive Community Treatment Team, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kenora Branch


Melanie Lefebvre
Lived Experience Advisor; Program Coordinator, Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology; Previous Case Manager, Canadian Mental Health Association–Sudbury/Manitoulin


Barbara Loeprich
Nurse Practitioner, De Dwa Da Dehs Nyes>s Aboriginal Health Centre


Sandy Marangos
Program Director, Mental Health and Emergency Services, North York General Hospital


Carol Miller
Lived Experience Advisor; Knowledge Specialist, Gender at Work


Kimberly Moran
Lived Experience Advisor; Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Mental Health Ontario


Neil Rector
Senior Scientist and Psychologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre


Karen Rowa
Psychologist, Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton


Steven Selchen
Chief of Psychiatry, Joseph Brant Hospital


Noam Soreni
Psychiatrist, Pediatric OCD Consultation Team, Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; Associate Professor, McMaster University


Lindsay Yarrow
Director of Clinical Service and Community Integration, Addiction and Mental Health Services, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington


For more information, contact QualityStandards@HQOntario.ca.

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