I was in fact given the Yale Brown Checklist. To my shock I checked off much of those things on the list. It really opened my eyes as I had never considered myself as OCD. So too I obviously had not known the complete spectrum of OCD beforehand. Frankly, I only thought of the 'typical' symptoms: obsessive handwashing, putting things in order, checking and rechecking. Well, weren't my eyes opened. I was put on an anti-obsessive for a time. CBT gave me some skills to cope allowing me to withdraw from the medication. I really had no idea how much my OCD was controlling my life.

So yes, go ahead and get her to take a look at the checklist.

By the way, it is not officially used to diagnose rather it is used to narrow possible diagnoses. It could point to other disorders as well.