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Identifying Compulsive Behaviours

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Measuring Your Intrusive Thoughts

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Measuring Your Compulsions

Do you excessively check locks, stove, appliances, etc?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you excessively check that nothing terrible did/will happen?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you excessively check that did not make mistake?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you excessively try and remember you've performed a check?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you excessively worry and imagine about what may happen if you do not perform that check?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

1/3Step

*Adapted from Goodman, W.K., Price, L.H., Rasmussen, S.A. et al.: “The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 46: 1006-1011, 1989

How often are you faced with unwanted intrusive thoughts that cause distress?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you feel you have control over these thoughts?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do these thoughts cause you distress, anxiety, or upset you?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do these thoughts interfere with your social, school, or work functioning?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

How often do you have a continuous period or block of time during which you are free of these thoughts?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

2/3Step

*Adapted from Goodman, W.K., Price, L.H., Rasmussen, S.A. et al.: “The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 46: 1006-1011, 1989

Do you spend long periods of time engaging in these activities in response to unwanted thoughts?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you give in to the urge to perform these behaviors?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you have a strong drive to perform (or avoid) these behaviors?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do you feel anxious, distressed or upset when prevented or interrupted from performing these behaviors (or avoiding) when you felt you needed to perform them?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

Do these behaviors or avoidance interfere with your social, school, or work functioning?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Always

3/3Step

*Adapted from Goodman, W.K., Price, L.H., Rasmussen, S.A. et al.: “The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale.” Arch Gen Psychiatry 46: 1006-1011, 1989