Webinar: Introduction to OCD Assessment and Treatment

Recorded Webinar | Lifespan

OCD Fundamentals

This session is intended for clinicians who are new to treating OCD patients, beginning with a discussion led by Dr. McKay, on the numerous self-report measures of OCD symptoms and severity that are available. There will be an overview of available measures, with a summary of the reliability and validity of each, and how to use each in treatment planning and evaluation of response to treatment. Then there is a discussion on the primary evidence-based treatment for OCD, Exposure Response Prevention, led by Dr. Alec Pollard. This presentation will cover the basics of how to develop a treatment plan for implementing ERP. Topics include identifying obsession triggers, setting up an exposure hierarchy, and developing guidelines for response prevention.

Faculty: Dean McKay, PhD, ABPP; Alec Pollard, PhD

Learning Objective 1: Attendees will be able to identify the major self-report assessment measures available for evaluating OCD.

Learning Objective 2: Attendees will be able to list the strengths and limitations of different major self-report measures of OCD for assessing treatment outcomes.

Learning Objective 3: Attendees will be able to describe the components of exposure response prevention.

Learning Objective 4: Attendees will be able to develop an exposure hierarchy for their patients with OCD.

Learning Objective 5: Attendees will be able to design response prevention guidelines for their patients with OCD.