Cognitive therapy of obsessive thoughts

Freeston, Mark H.; Léger, Eliane; Ladouceur, Robert

doi:10.1016/s1077-7229(01)80045-6

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“…The same pattern was observed for depressive and worrying symptoms. One single case study (Ladouceur, Freeston, Gagnon, Thibodeau, & Dumont, 1995) and a controlled study (Freeston et al, 1997) had shown that CT could be effective for patients with pure obsessions, and another single case study had addressed the effectiveness of CT for obsessions without overt compulsions (Freeston et al, 2001). Our results coincide especially with those obtained in the latter study.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Cognitive therapy for OCD was fully manualised following the guidelines by Clark (2004), Freeston, Léger, and Ladouceur (2001), Ladouceur, Léger, Rhéaume, and Dubé (1996), Rachman (2003), Salkovskis (1985Salkovskis ( , 1989, van Oppen and Arntz (1994), and Wilhelm and Steketee (2006). The treatment protocol consisted of 18 sessions over a 6-month period (18 h of treatment).…”

Section: Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cognitive therapy for autogenous and reactive obsessions: Clinical and cognitive outcomes at post-treatment and 1-year follow-up

Belloch

Cabedo

Carrió

et al. 2010

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitive therapy for autogenous and reactive obsessions: Clinical and cognitive outcomes at post-treatment and 1-year follow-up

Belloch

Cabedo

Carrió

et al. 2010

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…Moreover, researchers who designed CT to relieve the dysfunctional beliefs showed that the modification of beliefs could be promising for the treatment of OCD (10, 19). Other researchers have attempted to examine the relationship between obsessions and OCD symptoms, proposing that a relationship exists between OCD symptoms and dysfunctional beliefs (11–13, 20). Concurring with previous results, the findings revealed that assessing the danger and threat could significantly predict OCD symptoms in areas like washing, checking, doubting, obsession, and mental neutralization.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It seems that CT is acceptable for many OCD patients and improves their symptoms (10). Six patients with obsessive thoughts but without obsessive behavior were chosen and underwent cognitive therapy (11). This study was based on a single experimental case design conducted through a standard self-report questionnaire and assessed by clinicians; treatments focused exclusively on patients’ beliefs.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS): A randomized double-blind controlled trial

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BackgroundObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and can cause problems for individuals in all aspects of life, including social and personal dimensions.ObjectiveTo study the effect of group cognitive-behavioral therapy on the reduction of OCD symptoms in female participants with multiple sclerosis (MS).MethodsThis double-blind randomized control trial was conducted from May 2012 to December 2014. The participants included 75 patients with MS who suffered from OCD and were referred to the Loghman Hakim and Imam Khomeini hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Thirty participants had been diagnosed through Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms (Y-BOCS). The participants were randomly divided into an experimental group (n=15) and a control group (n=15). Eleven sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy were provided for the experimental group. Patients in the control group continued with their normal living. Hypotheses were tested using an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).ResultsA significant reduction was found in the experimental group’s obsessive-compulsive symptoms after cognitive-behavioral therapy (p<0.001). In addition, mean scores for participants in the experimental group were significantly lower than for those in the control group (p=0.000).ConclusionIt can be inferred that cognitive-behavioral therapy could considerably reduce OCD symptoms in women with MS. The application of this method by therapists, especially Iranian clinicians, is recommended.

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“…In an initial study by the Laval group using a multiple baseline design across subjects the CBT intervention (cognitive restructuring and ERP) for obsessive thoughts was found to result in a decrease in discomfort provoked by the obsessive thoughts and improved professional and interpersonal functioning in all three participants (Ladouceur, Freeston, Gagnon, Thibodeau, & Dumont, 1995). In a further study using a single case design treatment consisting solely of cognitive therapy, five out of six patients showed a significant improvement in Y-BOCS scores before and after treatment (Freeston, Léger, & Ladouceur, 2001). The first random trial investigating CBT for obsessional thoughts compared a CBT intervention (cognitive restructuring and ERP) with a wait-list control group (Freeston et al, 1997).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Group versus individual treatment in obsessions without compulsions

O’Connor

Freeston

Gareau

et al. 2005

Clin. Psychol. Psychother.

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The principal goal of the current study was to compare the efficacy of two treatment formats, group and individual, of an empirically proven manualized cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) package, for obsessions without overt compulsions. It was hypothesized that individualized treatment would be more effective both in terms of post-treatment group mean improvement and end state functioning. A secondary goal was to assess the relationship between cognitive and behavioural change during treatment and link it to symptom change. Both group and individual CBT format produced a significant clinical change, but as expected individual treatment produced the greater change in symptoms and in obsessional belief. Also, the individual format showed a clear superiority over the group format in the reduction of anxiety and depression. Severity of OCD symptoms showed little relationship with strength of obsessional beliefs at the start of treatment, but change in beliefs was strongly correlated with behavioural improvement post-treatment. The results of the study suggest that the impact of a group format may lie in the value of shared social support and motivational effect of peer feedback, but at the expense of individualized targets.

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Cognitive therapy of obsessive thoughts

Cited by 39 publications

References 30 publications

Cognitive therapy for autogenous and reactive obsessions: Clinical and cognitive outcomes at post-treatment and 1-year follow-up

Cognitive therapy for autogenous and reactive obsessions: Clinical and cognitive outcomes at post-treatment and 1-year follow-up

The Effectiveness of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS): A randomized double-blind controlled trial

Group versus individual treatment in obsessions without compulsions

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