Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

D. McKay; D. Sookman; F. Neziroglu; S. Wilhelm; D. Veale

DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.058

Corpus ID: 1688229

Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

@article{McKay2015EfficacyOC,
  title={Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder},
  author={D. McKay and D. Sookman and F. Neziroglu and S. Wilhelm and D. Veale},
  journal={Psychiatry Research},
  year={2015},
  volume={225},
  pages={236-246}
}

D. McKay, D. Sookman, +2 authors D. Veale

Published 2015

Medicine, Psychology

Psychiatry Research

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which encompasses exposure with response prevention (ERP) and cognitive therapy, has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, the samples studied (reflecting the heterogeneity of OCD), the interventions examined (reflecting the heterogeneity of CBT), and the definitions of treatment response vary considerably across studies. This review examined the meta-analyses conducted on ERP and cognitive therapy (CT) for… CONTINUE READING

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