1 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada. Electronic address: adam.radomsky@concordia.ca.
2 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada.
3 Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Canada.
4 Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
5 Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
6 Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Cognitive therapy for compulsive checking in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot trial.

Psychiatry Res. 2020 Feb 05;286:112850

Authors: Radomsky AS, Giraldo-O'Meara M, Wong SF, Dugas MJ, Gelfand LA, Rachman S, Schell S, Senn JM, Shafran R, Whittal ML

Abstract

We evaluated a novel, empirically-based cognitive therapy for compulsive checking - a common form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Twelve adults completed 12 sessions of the therapy. Significant reductions in checking-related symptoms were found pre- to post-treatment, and pre-treatment to 6-month follow-up (moderate to large effect sizes). Participants reported high treatment acceptability after the third session, which was maintained at post-treatment. This pilot trial provides preliminary support for treating compulsive checking using this novel cognitive approach.

PMID: 32070838 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]