NICE guidelines for OCD

NICE is the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

It is a non-departmental public body funded by the Department of Health who advises the UK government and the NHS on clinical practice to treat health conditions.

The NICE guidelines for OCD set out what NHS care and treatment you can expect to receive.

Links to the OCD NICE guidelines (Clinical Guidelines 31) at different levels of detail are below. As the number of documents makes it confusing to which one is the most relevant, we would suggest as a patient to start at the top and work down until you get the information you need.

• • Master page. www.nice.org.uk/CG031.

  • Interactive flowchart.

  • Web format of the guidelines.

  • Quick guidelines in PDF format (24 pages).

  • Main guidelines in PDF format (53 pages).

  • Full guidelines and appendices in PDF format (350 pages plus appendices).