Checklist of Common OCD Symptoms

The Y-BOCS Checklist is the first part of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, a two-part interview process used to gague the severity and nature of OCD symptoms.

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The Checklist asks the patient to indicate whether or not s/he has specific types of obsessions or compulsions. The checklist groups obsessions and complusions into broad categories of symptoms:

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The Y-BOCS Scale was developed by:

Dr. Wayne K. Goodman, MD, Professor and Chair of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Lawrence H. Price, MD, Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University
Steven A. Rasmussen, MD, MMS, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

References

WK Goodman et al, "The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989; 46:1006-1011.
Stanford School of Medicine
CNS Forum

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