Home-based behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case series with data.
The effectiveness of "home-based" exposure and response prevention was assessed in a series of 11 subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Patients received 24 treatment sessions in a range of natural settings and situations. Sixty-four percent of the patients responded to behavior therapy in these settings, and 36% achieved lasting improvements in their OCD symptoms. Implications for the impact on consumers of this seldom-used application of behavior therapy are discussed and some recommendations for future research are made.
Rosqvist
J
J
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown 02129-2000, USA. rosqvisj@pacificu.edu
Egan
D
D
Manzo
P
P
Baer
L
L
Jenike
M A
MA
Willis
B S
BS
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome