Statistics suggest that even with carefully targeted medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy, a substantial percentage of patients do not receive substantial relief from symptoms. It becomes important, then, to develop technologies for long-term self-care and lifestyle management. One such tool is the use of daily meditations, reminders, sayings, and slogans. These reminders can help us to separate ourselves from obsessional thoughts and learn to disbelieve them Like a refreshing slash of cold water, or a friendly tap on the shoulder they remind us that thoughts are just thoughts and...

There are a number of paper and pencil instruments designed to gather data from people with OCD. The most common among them the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale which underwent an extensive and much needed revision in 2006. The Komor Comprehensive OCD Inventory (KCOCDI) was developed from the point of view of the person with OCD. As such it focuses on collecting information that will lead to one very specific goal - assisting the individual OCD sufferer My goal in its construction was to elicit the kind of information which OCDers have told me they want their treatment providers to...