Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be incredibly time-consuming and distressing for the person with the disorder, but for the families of people with OCD too, with many becoming involved in the affected individual's symptoms. It's called 'family accommodation'.

Family accommodation can take many forms—from heavy involvement in the rituals, having to wait for rituals to be performed in order to do planned activities, or via attempts to stop the rituals.

Now, a pilot program in Victoria is aiming to teach family members how to manage accommodation requests so to improve their quality of life and decrease the distress associated with living with someone with OCD.