Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), incorporating exposure and response
prevention (ERP) is widely recognised as the psychological treatment of choice for …

Background Anxiety and related disorders are among the most common mental disorders,
with lifetime prevalence reportedly as high as 31%. Unfortunately, anxiety disorders are …

Obsessive–compulsive disorder is ranked by the WHO as among the 10 most debilitating
disorders and tends to be chronic without adequate treatment. The only psychological …

The cognitive and cognitive-behavioral interventions are among the best supported and
most widely practiced of the psychosocial interventions. These approaches are based on the …

Cognitive restructuring is the core therapeutic ingredient of cognitive therapy that was first
introduced to the psychotherapy community by AT Beck and colleagues. This chapter …

The purposes of this review were to: 1) determine the attrition rates for exposure with
response prevention (ERP) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 2) compare them to …

Abstract Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is considered the most effective
psychotherapeutic treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The literature …

Traditionally, obsessive-compulsive disorder has been classified as an anxiety disorder, but
there is increasing evidence that it has schizotypal features? in other words it is a belief …

This article reviews empirical findings on two key premises of the appraisal model of
obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD):(a) non-clinical populations experience intrusive …

Existing psychological and pharmacological interventions for obsessive-compulsive
disorder have not been particularly successful for compulsive hoarding, perhaps due in part …