Created by Dr. Wayne Goodman and Dr. Gary Roy Geffken, the UF OCD program focuses on training and treatment of refractory obsessive–compulsive disorder.
The clinic treats both children and adults with OCD and has a success rate higher than the national average.
The clinic has been used as a site for the validation of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive–Compulsive Scale[3] as well as a treatment site for several federally funded studies, such as a recent R01 federally funded from the National Institute of Mental Health[4] to study the pharmaceutical and behavioral treatment for pediatric OCD.
Additionally, the program has been a part of numerous studies examining family factors that impact OCD treatment outcome,[6] the importance of the relationship between therapist and patient during OCD treatment,[7] and other novel psychopharmacological agents[8] that may improve outcome.
The program trains graduate, intern, and resident level trainees in the implementation and treatment design of CBT-E/RP.