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The treatment of obsessive-compulsive checking: A randomised trial comparing danger ideation reduction therapy with exposure and response prevention
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Vaccaro, LD and Jones, MK and Menzies, RG and Wootton, BM, The treatment of obsessive-compulsive checking: A randomised trial comparing danger ideation reduction therapy with exposure and response prevention, Clinical Psychologist, 18, (2) pp. 74-95. ISSN 1742-9552 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 The Australian Psychological Society
DOI: doi:10.1111/cp.12019
Abstract
Standard psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) typically involves the behavioural-based therapy exposure and response prevention (ERP). This study compared the effectiveness of ERP with the recently developed cognitive therapy-based treatment package, Danger Ideation Reduction Therapy for obsessive-compulsive checkers (DIRT-C) (Vaccaro, Jones, Menzies, and St Clare). Both treatments were delivered in 14 1-hr individual weekly sessions. Post-treatment intention-to-treat analysis revealed large statistically significant improvements for participants in both ERP (n = 22) and DIRT-C (n = 28) conditions. However, treatment effect sizes for change in OCD symptom severity at post-treatment were greater for DIRT-C than for ERP (3.74 versus 2.89). In addition, at post-treatment assessment, significantly more participants who received DIRT-C were recovered compared with those who received ERP (43% versus 14%). Similarly, at 6-month follow-up, treatment effect sizes for change in OCD symptom severity were greater for DIRT-C than for ERP (3.9 versus 2.76). This study provides further evidence of the usefulness of the DIRT-C package for people with OCD checking subtype. Future research investigating DIRT-C is warranted.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | treatment, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, exposure and response prevention, danger ideation reduction therapy |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Provision of health and support services |
Objective Field: | Mental health services |
UTAS Author: | Wootton, BM (Dr Bethany Wootton) |
ID Code: | 90822 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 7 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2014-04-25 |
Last Modified: | 2014-08-08 |
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