This quality standard addresses care for people with obsessive–compulsive disorder. It applies to care for people in all settings but focuses on primary and community care. This quality standard focuses on care for adults, but it includes content that is relevant for children and adolescents. This quality standard does not address care for some disorders that are related to obsessive–compulsive disorder (e.g., body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, excoriation disorder, or trichotillomania).
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Quality Standard
Know what quality care looks like, based on evidence and expert consensus
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Patient Conversation Guide
If you have obsessive–compulsive disorder: Know what to ask for in your care
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The work on this quality standard started in November 2017.
Health Quality Ontario 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
Independent Researcher and Consultant
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 Worker; Author
Judith Laposa
Psychologist and Clinician Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lisa Leblanc
Team Lead, Counselling and 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, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Lindsay Yarrow
Director of Clinical Service and Community Integration, Addiction and Mental Health Services, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington