OCD:

- What it is

- Diagnosis

- Obsessions and compulsions

- Different subtypes

- How it manifests in children

- Treatment: medication, therapy and how it works

- Family accommodation, avoidance, and other tricky issues

- What families can do to help

- Resources

Dr Blake Stobie

I am a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and the Clinical Director of the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma (CADAT) at the Maudsley Hospital. I am also a director of the London Psychologist, a private psychological therapies clinic which specialises in helping people with anxiety problems. I have a career long specialism in OCD. For many years I led a service for patients with treatment resistant OCD. I have written book chapters and journal articles on the treatment of OCD, and have also taught colleagues both nationally and internationally.