Efficacy of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Efficacy of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

* Rupesh  Ranjan et al

                   

Abstract

  Cognitive behavior therapy is probably the most well known and most practiced form of modern psychotherapy in treatment of Obsessive compulsive disorder. The present study was intended to see the efficacy of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Obsessive compulsive Disorder. This is a three month follow up study based on pre and post test design. Based on purposive sampling a sample consisting of ten obsessive compulsive disorder patients selected and age range of 20-45 year  either sex, on the basis of ICD-10 DCR criteria. The patient was treated by cognitive behavior techniques. After 20 sessions of therapeutic intervention programme significant improvement was seen. He was under follow up of 3 month and reached to level of social functioning. Appropriate descriptive statistics Mean, SD, and t-ratio was calculated for analysis of data.

Key words: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), OCD