Does the addition of imagery work improve outcome in standard psychological treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Mental Health - Anxiety
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000678796
- Lead Sponsor
- Curtin University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria are a primary diagnosis of OCD, age between 18 to 65 years old and no history of suicidal ideation 6 months prior to the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Participants with medication will be requested to provide their medication history and those with recent changes (within 3 months) to their medication will be excluded from the study.
Screening for suicidal risk will be done in accordance to standard clinic procedure, which involves the use of suicide screening section of the MINI done during the duty screening over the telephone. Anybody identified as risk will be referred to appropriate support services and not invited to take part in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction of OCD symptoms as assessed by Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)[Pre-treatment or Baseline (1st session) and Post-treatment (on the 9th session out of 10)];Willingness to engage in ERP treatment as measured by Therapy Evaluation Form[Pre-treatment or baseline (1st session) and post-treatment (9th session out of 10)]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression, anxiety and stress level as measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)[Pre-treatment or Baseline (1st session) and Post-treatment (on the 9th session out of 10)];Self-efficacy as measured by General Self-Efficacy Scale [Pre-treatment or baseline (1st session) and Post treatment (9th session out of 10)]