title: Self-directed treatment with minimal therapist contact: preliminary findings for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: The efficacy of a brief intervention for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was examined with nine clients. Treatment consisted of five meetings with the therapists, readings from When once is not enough (Steketee & White, 1990), and self-directed exposure with response prevention. The self-report version of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was the primary dependent measure. Participants who received treatment after a 6-week delay showed stability of severity of OCD over the waiting period. As a group, participants showed statistically significant improvement on the main outcome measures. One-third of the clients met criteria for clinically significant improvement indicating that some individuals suffering with OCD can be helped with a brief intervention.
authors.affiliation: Psychological Services Center, University of Maine, Orono 04469, USA.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Fritzler
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hecker
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Losee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D015203:Reproducibility of Results