Cognitive-behavior therapy for compulsive checking in OCD

Radomsky, A. S., Shafran, R., Coughtrey, A. E. and Rachman, S. (2010) Cognitive-behavior therapy for compulsive checking in OCD. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17 (2). pp. 119-131. ISSN 1077-7229 doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.10.002

Abstract/Summary

There is substantial evidence for the effectiveness of psychological treatments for OCD, and various approaches have been widely recommended. These approaches tend to be characterized by exposure and response prevention (ERP) and also tend to be applied equally to all forms of OCD. Patients/clients (and some therapists) often find ERP to be a difficult treatment, and both dropout and refusal rates are unacceptably high. Based on specific cognitive conceptualizations of different manifestations of OCD, new and refined cognitive treatment methods are now available. The present article describes a specific cognitively based approach to the treatment of compulsive checking.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/6918
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.10.002
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology
Publisher	Elsevier Ltd
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