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1) What do you know about OCD?
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Terminology? Duration? Do you know how it should be treated? Who? i.e. are some people more vulnerable than others? Different types of OCD? Has your knowledge changed with time? How/why (e.g. meeting partner with OCD)?
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2) Tell me about how your relatives’ symptoms of OCD started?
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When did you recognise OCD? What led up to it? Cause? What did you do? How did you react? Looking back, were there signs before?
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3) What are your relative’s symptoms like at present?
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Do symptoms fluctuate? If so, what improves symptoms/worsens symptoms? E.g. treatment. Do you impact on their symptoms? Any triggers? Contrast how this week is compared to previous weeks.
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4) Tell me about a typical day in your relative’s life.
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How does your relative’s OCD affect you? Practically (in terms of caring, lifestyle change) & emotionally (how do they feel about it). Any positives? What about other family members? Does this fluctuate? Is this important to you?
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5) Do you play any role in managing your relative’s OCD?
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Has this changed with time? Why/how?
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6) Tell me what the future looks like at the moment?
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Stay the same, improve/worsen? Will circumstances/impact on you differ in future? Do you ever see your relative being cured?
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7) Is there anything that does help/would help support you as a relative of someone with OCD?
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8) Is there anything else that you would like to add?
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