Table of Contents
Section A: Scope of the Framework
A1. Aims and Objectives
A1.a) Service Aims
A1.b) Service Objectives
A2. Hours of operation
A3. Service Location
A3.a) Location of service
A3.b) Assessment location
A4. Access to services
A4.a) Patient’s home location
A4.b) Referral process
A4.c) Entry to service
A4.d) Exit from service
A4.e) Waiting list
Section B: Criteria for Service Provision
B1. Stepped care model for OCD
B2. Criteria for referral to the AIS
B2.a) Comments on criteria compared to other specialist services
B2.b) Inclusion criteria
B2.c) Exclusion criteria
B3. Criteria for intensive/inpatient treatment service
B3.a) Inclusion Criteria
B3.b) Exclusion Criteria
B4. Guidance on specific conditions
B4.a) Hoarding disorder
B4.b) Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
B4.c) Asperger’s syndrome
B4.d) Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
B4.e) Eating Disorders
Section C: Service Description
C1. Overview
C2. Duration of treatment
C3. Intervention
C3.a) Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
C3.b) Family work / work with carers
C3.c) Other activities
C4. Location of treatment
C5. Detailed description of treatment intervention
C5.a) Phase 1: Assessment and pre-treatment
C5.b) Phase 2: Intensive inpatient treatment
C5.c) Phase 3: Home-based treatment
C5.d) Phase 4: Long-term follow-up
C6. Post-discharge follow-up
C6.a) Ongoing treatment
C6.b) Follow-up
C6.c) Support for local services
Section D: Service Delivery
D1. Links and interfaces
D1.a) Local services
D1.b) Other specialist services
D2. Patient disengagement
D3. Training and Development
D4. Evaluation and audit
D4.a) Outcome reporting
D4.b) Audit
Section E: Outcome measurement
E1. Standard assessment tools
E1.a) Diagnostic tools
E1.b) Symptom ratings
E1.c) Social functioning and quality-of-life measures
E1.d) Other rating scales
E2. Assessment timetable
Section F: References
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