Administering the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

Description:
This presentation by the principal developer of the Y-BOCS will cover its administration and scoring.  The Y-BOCS is the world-wide gold standard for measuring the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in individuals with OCD.  It is used for monitoring outcome in response to treatment with therapy, medications, or devices.  The scale is organized according to 4 parts: 1. Symptom checklist, 2. Target Symptom List, 3. Severity items, and 4. Answer sheet.   The 10 severity items include 5 questions on obsessions and 5 questions on compulsions.  Avoidance is also assessed.  Interviewing pointers and commons pitfalls will be discussed.

Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Demonstrate accurate scoring and administration of the Y-BOCS by applying standardized probing techniques to differentiate between obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors in clinical interviews.

• Evaluate the clinical severity of OCD by appropriate scoring of the 10 core items of the Y-BOCS as a reflection of interference, functional impairment and distress.

• Identify common pitfalls in clinician-administered assessments, such as misidentifying "mental rituals" as obsessions to improve the inter-rater reliability of symptom monitoring.

Target Audience: Introductory. For clinicians with little to no experience in the subject matter. For clinicians with experience who want to strengthen their skillset.

Date: April 17th, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM Eastern-1:00 PM Eastern

Cost: $35

CE Information (more info below):

NBCC: 1 CE
ACEP No. 7365
Gina Abbondante, LLC
ASWB: 1 CE
ACE #1909
OCD Training School
APA: 1 CE

Getting Your Certificate: You will need to complete both a course evaluation and a course quiz. Please set aside ample time to complete both in one sitting. A course evaluation link will be provided in your course materials. Once you submit your evaluation, a quiz link will show up on the next screen. You will then take the quiz and upon a passing score of 80%, your certificate will automatically be sent to the email address you provide. You will have three attempts to pass the quiz. Please double-check the email address that you provide on the quiz (as well as the correct spelling of your name). Please check your spam folder if you do not see your certificate in your inbox.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Full refunds for live trainings will be given if requested 7 full days prior to the training start date minus a $25 administration fee.

Accommodations: If you have a specific learning need, please email us at hello@ocdtrainingschool.com

About Your Trainer:
Wayne K. Goodman, MD

Wayne Goodman, MD, D.C and Irene Ellwood Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for intractable psychiatric illnesses. He also conducts research on non-invasive forms of neuromodulation including low intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU). He is the principal developer of the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the gold standard for assessing OCD, and co-founder of the International OCD Foundation, the major advocacy group for patients with OCD. Prior to joining Baylor, he held senior administrative positions at Mount Sinai Hospital in NY, NIMH, and the University of Florida.  He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Electrical Engineering, received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his internship, residency, and research fellowship at Yale School of Medicine where he remained on faculty for seven years.  He was elected member of Association of American Physicians (AAP), Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA, and Fellow of the ACNP.  Dr. Goodman has published over 450 peer-reviewed articles and is the recipient of several grants as PI/MPI from the NIH BRAIN Initiative for DBS in psychiatric disorders, most recently a study in Bipolar Depression.


NOTE: This training is for individual clinician use only. If you have a group practice, you will need to set up an account for each individual clinician. SHARING OF ACCOUNTS, TRAINING ACCESS, OR PASSWORDS WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION OF TRAINING ACCESS. NO REFUNDS WILL BE OFFERED. Email hello@OCDTrainingSchool.com if you have any questions.

Goodman WK, Price LH, Rasmussen SA, Mazure C, Fleischmann RL, Hill CL, Heninger GR, Charney DS: The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS): Part I. Development, use, and reliability. Arch Gen Psych, 46:1006-1011, 1989.

Storch EA, Rasmussen SA, Price LH, Larson MJ, Murphy TK, Goodman WK. Development and psychometric evaluation of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale--Second Edition. Psychol Assess. 2010 Jun;22(2):223-32. doi: 10.1037/a0018492. PMID: 20528050.