OCD ACTION

OCD ACTION The UK’s largest OCD charity.

We’re working towards a time when OCD is well understood, and everyone gets the treatment and support they need, when they need it.

NICE is updating its national guidelines for OCD and BDD.Existing guidance sets out routes to more intensive and special...
29/09/2026

NICE is updating its national guidelines for OCD and BDD.

Existing guidance sets out routes to more intensive and specialist care when initial treatment has not been enough. The new draft strips much of this away and includes no recommendations for people who remain unwell after initial treatment.

At a time when people already spend years fighting for the right care, this could leave them with even fewer routes to help.

The draft has not been published yet. NICE can still change it.

We are calling on NICE not to publish the guideline as it stands and to include clear recommendations for further treatment.

✍️ Sign and share the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/treatment-for-ocd-and-bdd-shouldn-t-stop-when-treatment-doesn-t-work

📩 Find out more and download a letter to send to NICE:
https://ocdaction.org.uk/nice-guidelines-draft/

Seven years is a long time to struggle alone. For the young people who finally reach out to our helpline, last year ever...
26/06/2026

Seven years is a long time to struggle alone. For the young people who finally reach out to our helpline, last year every single one told us they left better informed and feeling better than when they arrived.

This week your donation doubles - but only for a couple more days. 💙

👉 https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000CERr3YAH

24/04/2026

OCD Action is proud to be part of the Head On campaign.

Delays in treatment are causing crises to escalate, families to struggle, and costs to rise. Entire lives are being put on hold or lost.

Thank you Ben West, Shocka, Poorna Bell and Sonny Green for standing with us. Together we can inspire UK Government to raise their ambitions for our mental health system.

A better system is possible. Join us.

headoncampaign.org

08/04/2026

We were pleased to see OCD being talked about so openly on a mainstream platform on Channel 5 last night.

We want to give a special mention to Shaun Flores, a member of OCD Action’s EDI Panel, and Steve Turnock, friend of OCD Action and founder of the OCD charity Asto, who shared their stories and offered real hope to others living with OCD.

As highlighted in the documentary by Professor Costas Papageorgiou, OCD is highly treatable with the gold-standard treatment Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).

You can find out more about OCD and how to access treatment here: ocdaction.org.uk/learn-about-ocd

If you missed the documentary, you can catch up on 5: www.channel5.com/show/do-you-have-ocd

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