Obsessive compulsive disorder

Sunnybrook Family Navigation Project

• supporting families with youth aged 13-26
• facilitates connections and treatment providers
• sunnybrook.ca/familynavigation

eMentalHealth

• find mental health services, help and support in your community
• ementalhealth.ca

ConnexOntario

• health services information
• operates three helplines 24/7
• connexontario.ca

211Toronto

• service database
• 24/7 community information and referral helplines
• 211toronto.ca

Central Health Line

• links to health services
• centralhealthline.ca

Homelessness & mental health: Toronto North Support Services

• support services for vulnerable individuals on the street and in shelters
• tnss.ca

Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre

• provides clinical care and referrals for OCD and related disorders
• helpful links and informational resources for OCD and related disorders
• sunnybrook.ca/thompsoncentre

Sunnybrook Department of Psychiatry

• link for referral information
• sunnybrook.ca/psychiatry/refer

• Upcoming Support Programs across Ontario - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO)
• Self-Help Resource Centre
• Laughing Like Crazy at MDAO (looking through difficult issues through the lens of humour; a 16 week group program)
• Wellness Recovery Action Plan (W.R.A.P.) at MDAO
  

• Toronto East Metro Youth Services
• Delisle Youth Services
• Oolagen

Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

• free peer support and recovery programs for patients and families
• diagnostic information
• mooddisorders.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association

• links to information and community support services
• cmha.ca

Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments

• helpful informational links
• links to resources
• canmat.org

Academy of Cognitive Therapy

• information on CBT and mental health
• academyofct.org

Beck Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• information on CBT
• beckinstitute.org

International OCD Foundation

• helping links, information and support for patients and families
• iocdf.org

Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada

• helpful information and links to resources
• anxietycanada.ca

Anxiety and Depression Association of America

• helpful links and information
• adaa.org

National Alliance on Mental Illness

• helpful links and information
• nami.org - OCD information

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

• helpful links and information
• camh.ca - OCD information

Children’s Mental Health Ontario

• helpful links and information for parents in multiple languages
• kidsmentalhealth.ca

Here to Help

• helpful information and resources for patients and families
• heretohelp.bc.ca

Helping Other Parents Everywhere (HOPE)

• support and self-help groups for parents, guardians and relatives of young adults
• hope4parents.ca

• The OCD Stories podcast - curated by individuals with lived experience
• Thomas Insel: Toward a new understanding of mental illness (TedTalks)
• How to navigate the mental health care and addiction systems (Sunnybrook)

• What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? (American Psychiatric Association)
• What You Need to Know about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (International OCD Foundation)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Handbook for Patients and Families (Sunnybrook)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Information Guide (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
• The mental health benefits of exercise (Sunnybrook)
• The truth about trichotillomania - the hairpulling disorder (CBC)

Disclaimer: we have not evaluated these apps. They are listed in alphabetical order, not order of effectiveness.

Calm - guided mindfulness meditation for smartphones and tablets; $13.99/month

Headspace - guided meditation for smartphones and tablets; free 10 day trial then $12.95/month Read more about Headspace: "The Science of Meditation" and "HeadSpace Research"

Live OCD Free - interactive application to guide users through Exposure-Response Prevention for iPhone; $39.99

MediSafe - medication reminder for smartphones and tablets; $6.99

nOCD - personalized mobile treatment tool for OCD for smartphones and smartwatches; $8.99/month

Pacifica - holistic tools to address stress, anxiety and depression for smartphones, tablets and web; free 7 day trial then $5.49/month

SuperBetter - helps build personal resilience for smartphones, tablets and web; free

• The OCD Workbook: Your guide to breaking free from obsessive-compulsive disorder (Hyman and Pedrick, New Harbinger Publications: 2010)
• Getting over OCD: A 10-Step workbook for taking back your life (Abramowitz, Guilford Press: 2009)
• Freedom from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A personalized recovery program for living with uncertainty (Grayson, Berkeley Trade: 2004)
• Loving Someone with OCD: Help for you and your family (Landsman, Rupert's and Pedrick (2005)

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, 4th Edition: The Facts Series (Rachman and De Silva, Oxford University Press: 2009)
• Understanding Mental Disorders: A Patient and Family Resource (American Psychiatric Association, 2015) - available in the Sunnybrook Library