Obsessive-compulsive disorder: prediction of outcome from behavioural psychotherapy.
Prediction of outcome after behavioural psychotherapy was determined in 178 outpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. For women (n = 103), factors significantly associated with good outcome included paid employment at time of assessment, having a co-therapist and low initial ratings on global phobia, work and home activity impairment and the compulsion checklist. In men, the only factor to approach statistical significance as a predictor of outcome was solitary abode, associated with "less improved" status.
Castle
D J
DJ
Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
Deale
A
A
Marks
I M
IM
Cutts
F
F
Chadhoury
Y
Y
Stewart
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales