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Y-BOCS Checklist

Y-BOCS Checklist of Common OCD Symptoms

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Y-BOCS Checklist

Obsessions: Unwanted Thoughts, Fears, and Recurring Worries

Aggressive/Harming Obsessions

Fear might harm self
Fear might harm others
Violent or horrific images
Fear of blurting out obscenities or insults
Fear of doing something else embarrassing
Fear will act on unwanted impulses (e.g., to stab friend)
Fear will steal things
Fear will harm others because not careful enough (e.g., accidentally running over someone with car)
Fear of being responsible for something else terrible happening (e.g., fire, burglary)
Other worries about causing harm

Contamination Obsessions

Concerns or disgust with bodily waste or secretions (e.g., urine, feces, saliva)
Concern with dirt or germs
Excessive concern with of environmental contaminants (e.g., asbestos, radiation, toxic waste)
Excessive concern with household items (e.g., cleansers, solvents)
Excessive concern animals (e.g., insects)
Concerned will get ill because of contaminant
Concerned will get others ill by spreading contamination
No concern with consequences of contamination other than how it might feel
Other contamination worries

Sexual Obsessions

Forbidden or unacceptable sexual thoughts/images/impulses
Sexual worries about children or incest
Sexual worries involving homosexuality (i.e., becoming gay)
Inappropriate or aggressive sexual behavior toward others
Other sexual worries

Hoarding/Saving Obsessions

Hoarding or saving worries (not hobbies or concern with objects with monetary or sentimental value)
Fears of mistakenly discarding important things along with unimportant items

Moral or Religious Obsessions (Scrupulosity)

Excessive concern with sacrilege or blasphemy (offending God)
Excessive concern with right/wrong, morality
Other concern about morality or religion

Obsessions with Need for Symmetry or Exactness

Accompanied by magical thinking (e.g., concerned that mother will have accident unless things are in the right place).
Not accompanied by magical thinking (just feels uncomfortable)

Somatic Obsessions

Concern with illness or disease
Excessive concern with body part or aspect of appearance (not including weight)
Other body related obsessions

Miscellaneous Obsessions

Need to know or remember
Fear of saying certain things or words
Fear of not saying just the right thing
Fear of losing things
Intrusive non-violent images
Intrusive nonsense sounds, words, or music
Bothered by certain sounds/noises, more than other people
Lucky/unlucky numbers
Colors with special significance
Superstitious fears
Other worry or fear not listed

Compulsions: Repetitive Behaviors and Rituals

Washing/Cleaning Compulsions

Excessive or ritualized handwashing
Excessive or ritualized showering, bathing, tooth brushing, grooming, or toilet routine
Excessive cleaning of household items or other inanimate objects
Other measures to prevent or remove contact with contaminants
Other cleaning ritual not listed

Checking Compulsions

Checking locks, stoves, appliances, etc.
Checking that did/will not harm others
Checking that did/will not harm self
Checking that nothing terrible did/will happen
Checking that did not make mistakes
Checking body for signs of unwellness or unwanted symptoms
Other checking not listed

Repeating Rituals

Re-reading or re-writing
Need to repeat routine activities (in/out door, up/down chair)
Other repeating ritual not listed

Counting Compulsions

Compulsively counting

Ordering/Arranging Compulsions

Compulsive ordering or arranging

Hoarding Collecting Compulsions

Compulsive hoarding or collecting or shopping (e.g., piles up old newspapers, sorts through garbage, collects free thing)

Mental Compulsions

Special words, images, numbers, repeated mentally to neutralize something bad (e.g., lucky numbers)
Special prayers (short and long) silently repeated in a set manner (e.g. God is good)
Mental counting
Mentally listmaking
Mental reviewing (e.g., reviewing conversations)
Other mental compulsion

Miscellaneous Compulsions

Excessive list making (writing or verbalizing aloud)
Urges to ask, tell, or confess (including reassurance)
Urges to touch, tap, or rub
Rituals involving blinking or staring
Other measures (not checking) to prevent harm to self or others, or to prevent terrible consequences
Ritualized eating behaviors
Superstitious behaviors
Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
Other self-damaging or self-mutilating behaviors (i.e., skin picking)
Other compulsion or ritual not listed

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