IMPACT-OCD

Improving Providers’ Assessment, Care, Delivery and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (IMPACT-OCD) is a statewide workforce development program that focuses on:

• Raising awareness about OCD
• Learning about what clinicians need to improve care for adults and children with OCD
• Developing online training program and implementation supports to improve clinician knowledge and skills in OCD care
• Creating and curating resources that respond to the needs of clinicians and adults and children with OCD and their families

This statewide workforce development program is a collaboration between the New York State Office of Mental Health, Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) and the Center for Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders at Columbia Psychiatry and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

IMPACT-OCD offers providers, individuals, and families the following educational and training resources:

• “About OCD” brochure (Provider Version) and “About OCD” brochure (Individuals and Families)
• E-Learning courses
• Webinars
• Recovery stories
• Support service for clinicians working in OMH programs (licensed, operated, certified, funded, or designated) to receive consultation on assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment of OCD. Click here to fill out a brief survey
• Toolkit for providers and toolkit for individuals with OCD and their families

IMPACT-OCD offers individuals and families the following educational and training resources:

• About OCD (Individuals and Families)
• Toolkit for individuals with OCD and their families

Check out our initiative's introductory video here: