Questionnaire for book on OCD

[Sheila]

Please see this link for a questionnaire on OCD for all ages: HERE. The information will be used for a book on OCD.

The author Anne Watkins, PhD, has dealt with OCD for much of her life. In collaboration with others, she drew up a manual and online questionnaire and launched it on the OCD Action website and Yahoo site in June. The survey takes around 30 minutes to complete and is totally anonymous.

 

They are aiming for 200 completed surveys so that it will carry weight with professionals, and currently have 137 completed surveys.

 

Proceeds will be donated to OCD foundations. If you do not wish to complete it online, details are given below for a manual version. I hope some of you can find time to respond, as it seems to be a worthy endeavor. Sheila

 

The aim of this questionnaire.

 

When sufferers of OCD go to the professionals for help, treatment starts with the filling in of questionnaires. These questionnaires, which are devised by professionals, help the professionals to make the correct diagnosis and to ascertain the appropriate treatment required. Further questionnaires are used throughout treatment to monitor the progress of the sufferer.

 

This questionnaire takes a different approach. Because it is based on questions put forward by OCD sufferers (rather than the professionals) it enables issues which may not have previously been seen as of relevance by the professionals to be taken into consideration.

 

In so doing, it seeks to ascertain:

 

· The importance of early diagnosis;

 

· The need for quicker and more targeted treatment;

 

· The need for additional counselling if the sufferer has been abused or suffered trauma;

 

· The need for closer monitoring of suicidal patients.

 

It also seeks to ascertain:

 

· Whether or not there is a need for more information on this illness, regarding symptoms, available treatment; waiting times for treatment; the success rate of treatment; side effects of meds etc;

 

· Whether or not a sufferer can obtain and retain control of his/her OCD without the support of parents/partners/friends;

 

· The effect which OCD has on the sufferer's education and employment/promotion prospects;

 

· The effect which OCD has on the sufferer's experience of childbirth and bringing up children;

 

· The benefits of additional support for patients in the form of:

 

1. Self help groups;

 

2. On-line forums;

 

3. Volunteers with OCD prepared to man phone lines; books and leaflets written by sufferers containing tips and advice for gaining and keeping control.

 

The overall aim is to help each sufferer to get better control of his/her OCD so that s/he can minimise the effect that this disabling illness has on his/her personal and work life.

 

 

How to access/complete/return the questionnaire

 

The survey is completely anonymous and will not file IP addresses. We have configured the survey this way so that we may elicit the most honest responses. We OCD sufferers treasure our privacy and it is in the interest of all that we designed the survey this way so that sufferers feel comfortable sharing their experiences. We feel that the more honest and comprehensive the answers, the more accurate the book will be, and a voice will be given to those who often suffer in silence. Thank you for your time and consideration. This survey should take about 30 minutes to complete, so please plan an appropriate time to be able to finish it once it's started. Online version

 

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fYkVhe6n4zgeUJjjaY9N5A_3d_3d

 

 

MANUAL version: if you wish to use the manual Questionnaire, you can copy/download it from the OCD action website. Please return completed manual copies by post. If you email us on ocdsurvey@btinernet.com we will let you have details of how to do this.

 

 

[thereishope]

I went to look at the survey and I have a question. How do we answer age and such? From the perspective of the one with OCD or our info as the parent? Also, does she want us to say that the child has OCD as a result of PANDAS or PITAND or does not matter?

Edited September 2, 2010 by Vickie