Research

OCD Action believes that research plays a vital role in improving the quality of treatment available for people with OCD.

For nearly two decades, the Charity has been facilitating research by bringing together credible researchers and volunteers willing to participate in trials and studies.

The calls for participants listed below are from individuals and institutions that are known to us and where, if needed, ethical approval has been granted. They are independent from the Charity and if you have any questions about them, please contact the relevant researcher.

If you are a student or professional who is undertaking a research project, and you would like us to list your project, please email research@ocdaction.org.uk to discuss your request.

Current Calls for Participants

• • • Investigating the effectiveness of emotion-skills training
    • Understanding OCD Symptoms and Family Factors: A Study of Adults with OCD and their CaregiversAre you a parent/carer of a child with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)?
    • How do people who have received Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as part of treatment for Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) view it?
    • Children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): Identifying Acceptable Support Strategies for Parents
    • Living with OCD: Experiences of everyday language.
    • Investigating relationship between thinking patterns and obsessive-compulsive disorder 
    • Participants needed!
    • Unacceptable/Taboo Thoughts in Youth OCD
    • Would you like to take part in an online workshop to help develop better support for parents of children with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
    • Do you want to help design a new online platform to support parents/carers of children with OCD?
    • Parenting with Anxiety: Helping anxious parents raise confident children
    • Children with OCD: Identifying Acceptable Support Strategies for Parents 
    • Potential new treatment for OCD
    • Fill out our research survey on internet behaviors in people with OCD!
    • Participate in a Research Study on Bowel Control Anxiety or Parcopresis (Shy Bowel Syndrome)
    • Are you aged 16-22 and diagnosed with OCD?
    • Do you suffer from OCD
    • Seeking volunteers to participate in an online survey looking at the relationship between complex post-traumatic stress and hoarding disorder
    • Help shape the future of digital CBT for OCD
    • Exploring the experiences of adults with mental contamination-based OCD
    • Participants needed for a study about taking part in suicide-focused research in pregnancy and the year after birth
    • Understanding the Lived Experiences of OCD: How Individuals Make Sense of Their Condition and What Shapes It
    • OCD MRI study for 16-19 year olds
    • How habits become compulsions? Exploring the neural basis of habit perseveration in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    • Understanding the clinician and service user experience of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the factors which influence treatment outcomes: a qualitative study
    • Exploring the experience of mental contamination OCD and betrayal
    • Are you living with someone with Body Dysmorphic Disorder or appearance anxiety?
    • Are you a systemiser?
    • How do Therapists Experience Clients with Paedophile-Themed Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (POCD)?
    • Assessing the association between self-rated and objective neurocognitive tests assessments of compulsivity and impulsivity in people diagnosed with OCD
    • OCD and Dependency/Incompetence Schema
    • Living with OCD? Join our study and help us to understand your experience
    • Exploring Men’s Lived Experiences of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
    • Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Experiences of everyday language