About CIOCD

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National and International Mission Statement

  • Educate the mental health community and the public about the psychopathology and evidence based specialized treatments for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related disorders through the life span
  • Achieve transformative improvement in accessibility to evidence based specialized treatments for OCD and related disorders Nationally and Internationally 
  • Develop and oversee the CIOCD expert International OCD Accreditation Task Force (ATF) through the life span responsible for specialized standards and multi-level training
  • Oversee the CIOCD Affiliate Outreach Educational Program with collaborations across Canada.
  • Support scientific research on OCD designed to improve specialized clinical practice.

CIOCD Activities

  • Oversee International development of specialty knowledge and competency standards recommended for specialized treatments for OCD through the lifespan
  • Develop and disseminate multi-level (foundational to specialized) training protocols on evidence based specialized treatments for OCD through the life span based on the established CIOCD ATF specialty knowledge and competency standards 
  • Offer education, training, and consultation to mental health professionals and centers on OCD and related disorders
  • Implement comprehensive advanced training based on the ATF standards for mental health professionals and centers Nationally and Internationally to level of certification 
  • Support presentations, lectures, workshops, and educational groups for OCD sufferers and families
  • Advance scientific research on OCD to improve specialized clinical practice
  • Collaborate with institutions, treatment centers, universities, and policy makers to achieve CIOCD mandates

The Canadian Institute for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders is a Not-for-Profit Corporation under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, and a Registered Charity under the Income Tax Act with charitable registration number 805819117RR0001.