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What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder a chronic, debilitating disease in which the person experiences recurring intrusive and unwanted thoughts (obsessions) which cause anxiety and/or irrational, ritualistic, repetitive behaviour which they feel compelled to perform (compulsion). |

SANE Factsheet: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(Go to the SANE website and select “Information” on the menu bar. Click on Factsheets then select “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder”
Panic, Phobias, Obsessions and Compulsions
(An eight-page booklet from the Robin Winkler Clinic, University of Western Australia, about OCD and other mental disorders)
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Self Help Group
C/- WISH (Western Institute of Self-Help) Contact: Beba
Phone: (08) 9228 4488
Freecall: 1800 195 575
E-mail: info@wish.org.au
