EFFICACY OF BEHAVIOUR THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed to see the efficacy of Behavior Therapy along with pharmacological treatment (treatment group) in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder with depressive symptoms than pharmacological treatment alone (control group).

Research Design: An experimental (AB) design

Place and Duration of study: Lahore

Sample and Method: The total sample consisted of 20 therapy naïve clients with Obsessive Compulsive disorder. Ten clients (8 women & 2 men) were enrolled in the treatment group and 10 clients (4 women & 6 men) were in control group. Clients in treatment group received Behavior Therapy comprising of Psycho-education, Relaxation Exercise; Imagery Exercises, Thought Stopping, Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP), Flooding and Satiation strategies within 11 individual sessions of 45 minutes duration on twice a week basis. The pre and post treatment assessment were carried out by using the Scale I & IV: Depression and Obsessive Compulsive disorder of [1]Symptom Checklist-Revised and baseline charts

Results: Post treatment assessment revealed significant improvement in treatment group as compared to control group.

Conclusion: On the basis of present results, it could be concluded that Behaviour Therapy is effective for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

[1] Rahman, N. K., Dawood, S., Jagir, S., Rehman, N., & Mansoor, W. (2009). Standardization and validation of Symptom Checklist-R on psychiatric and non- psychiatric population. Pakistan Journal of Psychology, 2, 21-32.