scholarly journals Cognitive Therapy for OCD – Beyond ERP

2016 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Bidita Bhattacharya
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Intrusive Thought ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Detailed Understanding ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Obsessional Thought

Delivering cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) requires a detailed understanding of the phenomenology and the mechanism by which specific cognitive processes and behaviours maintain the symptoms of the disorder. A cognitive–behavioural model of OCD begins with the observation that intrusive thoughts, doubts or images are almost universal in the general population and their content is indistinguishable from that of clinical obsessions(1). The difference between a normal intrusive thought and an obsessional thought lies both in the meaning that individuals with OCD attach to the occurrence or content of the intrusions and in their response to the thought or image.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Salkovskis ◽  
Joan Kirk
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Behavioural Theory ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Negative Appraisals

Chapter 8 explores obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It first outlines the nature of OCD, its prevalence, the development of current treatments, the behavioural theory of OCD and behaviour therapy in practice, deficit theories and cognitive factors, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for OCD, experimental studies of normal intrusive thoughts, distorted thinking and negative appraisals, treatment implications of the cognitive behavioural theory, and strategies in the treatment of OCD.

What do you really need? Self- and partner-reported intervention preferences within cognitive behavioural therapy for reassurance seeking behaviour

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Rachael L. Neal ◽  
Adam S. Radomsky
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Choice Preference ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Intervention Preferences

AbstractBackground:Reassurance seeking (RS) in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is commonly addressed in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) using a technique called reducing accommodation. Reducing accommodation is a behaviourally based CBT intervention that may be effective; however, there is a lack of controlled research on its use and acceptability to clients/patients, and case studies suggest that it can be associated with negative emotional/behavioural consequences. Providing support to encourage coping with distress is a cognitively based CBT intervention that may be an effective alternative, but lacks evidence regarding its acceptability.Aims:This study aimed to determine whether support provision may be a more acceptable/endorsed CBT intervention for RS than a strict reducing accommodation approach.Method:Participants and familiar partners (N = 179) read vignette descriptions of accommodation reduction and support interventions, and responded to measures of perceived intervention acceptability/adhereability and endorsement, before completing a forced-choice preference task.Results:Overall, findings suggested that participants and partners gave significantly higher ratings for the support than the accommodation reduction intervention (partial η2 = .049 to .321). Participants and partners also both selected the support intervention more often than the traditional reducing accommodation intervention when given the choice.Conclusions:Support provision is perceived as an acceptable CBT intervention for RS by participants and their familiar partners. These results have implications for cognitive behavioural theory and practice related to RS.

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