I thought I'd gather my OCD resources in one place. The links tend to get broken during storage, so if one doesn't work, try removing any blank spaces in the address. If it still doesn't work, let me know.
Clinical definition:
If you look at the traditional clinical definition of OCD, obsessions and compulsions must take up a significant amount of time (more than an hour a day) and significantly interfere with a person’s daily life, occupation, academic pursuits, and/or relationships. Here's the clinical definition:
http://www.ocfchicago.org/overview.php?section=Diagnosis%20D efinition
Screening checklists:
http://www2.ncneuropsych.com/home/NCN_Patient_Forms/Child/Ch ild_OCD_Inventory.pdf - child OCD inventory
http://healthnet.umassmed.edu/mhealth/YBOCSymptomChecklist.pdf - Checklist of common OCD symptoms, based on the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.
http://www.travisps.com/quizzes.asp - checklist for making observations about hair-pulling behavior (trichotillomania).
Recent research:
Recent research suggests that OCD and autism are very similar in terms of the brain (basal ganglia and frontal lobe) and how it reacts to SSRI medicines (for example, fluoxetine/Prozac, fluvoxamine/Luvox, paroxetine/Paxil, and sertraline/Zoloft). More details here:
http://psy3.ucsd.edu/~autism/WinterIMFAR2002.doc
Because of those neurological and pharmacological similarities, researchers are starting to lean towards seeing OCD as a spectrum disorder that includes neurological disorders that present with repetitive behaviors (like autism and Tourettes). More details here:
http://www.neuropsychiatryreviews.com/oct00/npr_oct00_ocd.ht ml
Any other resources to add?