Prediction of therapeutic response in patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder resistant to the treatment with psychopharmacs
2008
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of CBT on a sample of non-selected, pharmacoresistant OCD patients and to find the predictors of successful treatment in these conditions. The therapy was conducted in a naturalistic setting and systematic CBT steps were adapted to each patient.
Pharmacological treatment underwent no or minimal changes during the trial period. Outcome measures included the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, subjective version (S-Y-BOCS), the Clinical Global Impressions-Severity of Illness scale (CGI-S), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Somatoform Dissociation Questionaire (SDQ-20) and Dissociative Experience Scale (DES).