Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Intermediate
Online
Course Abstract
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that reviews the diagnosis, assessment and treatment strategies for OCD.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive, unwanted, and anxiety-provoking thoughts, images, impulses, and rituals that are performed to alleviate the accompanying distress. Because OCD is a heterogeneous disorder with several subtypes, assessing, diagnosing, and treating it can be challenging. Further, the presentation of varying symptoms may be OC Related Disorders. Being able to make differential diagnoses and treatment recommendations are essential in clinical work with the many patients that present with the spectrum of OC problems. Specific behavioral strategies have been developed and validated in the literature that target the various manifestations of OCD and related disorders.
The first part of this course offers information on the neurobiology, diagnosis, and assessment tools, including the various subtypes, and highlights important topics to be taken into consideration during the process. Emotional and cognitive factors are outlined that seem to play important roles in the diagnosis and the course of episodes. The next section is dedicated to describing the clinical factors of and differential aspects of the OC Related Disorders and their prevalence. A case study follows that outlines the precipitating events, assessment, and behavioral treatment of a college student who is struggling to maintain and overcome her OCD. The final section describes effective treatment and coping strategies and augmentations that help to maintain treatment gains.
Closeout Course #30-95 | 2017 | 60 pages | 20 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- Name the primary symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- List psychological factors that may affect the treatment process and outcome
- Name commonly used assessment tools for OCD and related disorders
- Identify disorders that are related to – but different from – OCD
- Describe the use of exposure and response prevention (ERP) and behavioral coaching
- Identify ten adjunctive strategies that can help with treatment and relapse prevention
Course Directions
This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
About the Author(s)
CE Information
Counseling
Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 3 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course).
Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Occupational Therapy
Professional Development Resources is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course provider ID# 3159. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.3 CEUs, intermediate level, OT Service Delivery]. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
School Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
Social Work
Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
Teaching
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB Provider #1046, ACE Program); the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA Provider #AAUM); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA Provider #3159); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR Prior Approval Program); the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145), State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135) and marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100), and the State Board for Social Workers as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Customer Testimonials
Very comprehensive treatment of the subject. Thank you!
Excellent information and very well organized!
I will definitely use this course material in my work.
This course covered a great deal of information. I felt that it fell short only in the area of sexual behavior (addiction).
Use of case studies was helpful as were charts describing interventions.
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Excellent course! Thank you!
Excellent course. One of the best.
This course helped to increase my working knowledge/treatment of OCD and DSM V criteria.
Very useful treatment information!
This course was informative and supplemental to my practice.
Great course! I learned a lot that I can immediately use to help assess/support clients.
Very good, practical approach to dealing with OCD.
Great course for learning insight and coping skills to manage codependency.
This was an EXCELLENT course. The material was interesting and easy to process/understand. The graphics were marvelous - very evocative - and helped underline the topic being discussed. My only suggestion would be spelling out acronyms a little more often. My left brain stumbled over the content when there were too many acronyms. Thanks for a great course!
Thorough and easy to understand article on OCD and related disorders. Comprehensive course with tons of information. I decided to print the article for future reference. Great way to earn CE credit.
Keep up this excellent service. Thank you.
Thank you for another positive high quality experience.
I would recommend this course!
Excellent and comprehensive overview of OCD.
Very interesting presentation and helpful with gaining insight regarding my child, adolescent and adult clients.
Very good material, clear and comprehensive.
Excellent presentation! Very complete and clear! Useful!
This material was presented in a highly interesting fashion with examples of characteristics and methods for identifying tools and treatments.
This was a great course with helpful information. I would recommend it to others.
Excellent course - very comprehensive.
I learned quite a lot from this and presently have a client that this information will be most helpful with.
GREAT COURSE! Appreciated the Resource links/testing resources.
Very good, Nicely organized. Learned several new things.
WOW! This was lots of information, but it was great. I have downloaded the course and will refer to it often. My practice specialty is Trichotillomania and Excoriation - I will definitely put these concepts to work. Thank you.
The course was quite thorough with detailed case examples- I would love to see a bit more on an ERP case directly. Thank you so much!
Excellent examples of various OCD and OCD type disorders and thorough assessment and treatment information.
This was an interesting course. Well structured and informative.
I felt this course was greatly informative. I will recommend it to my co-workers.
I really liked the way this training was organized. I found it very informative. I have a lot of experience working with OCD but still learned things that were quite helpful.
This CE Program provided a thorough and helpful review of OCD. Useful to my teaching of abnormal psychology classes.Thank you.
I am working with several adolescent boys who have been diagnosed by a psychiatrist as having OCD. This course was most helpful to me. As an LMHC I did study this in school and have seen a few clients with some OCD symptoms, but really needed this course to update my knowledge and give me ideas for treatment. Well done. Thank you.
Up-to-Date, relevant, great information. Learned much helpful information.
Excellent course. One of the best offered. I learned a lot.
Well organized and informative
Another great course with straight-to-the-point and immediately useful information for working with my clients. Love the format.
I really appreciated the clarity and comprehensiveness with which the author wrote about the many therapeutic approaches to OCD.
The course was comprehensive and informative regarding the diagnosis and treatment of OCD.
The use of case studies to illustrate the content was very helpful.
The course was very thorough and focused on all aspects of OCD and its treatment.
Thank you for an excellent course on a complex subject, OCD and its treatments. The author was clear and detailed in describing what OCD is as a mental health and brain disorder, as well as specific treatments recommended for care of OCD therapy clients.
Excellent material, especially identifying the varying types of OCD and differentiating between impulsive vs compulsive. I appreciated looking at process addictions.
