Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy in cases with ongoing symptoms of OCD inspite of using psychotropic drugs.
Method: In this study 39 people, diagnosed and shown mild, moderate and severe symptoms of OCD desipte having used psycothropic medicine for 12 weeks, got CBT. Additionally, before therapy, 5th therapy sessions and 10th therapy sessions level of OCD symptoms, depression, anxiety and level of obsessive beliefs are compared. 30 patients completed therapy protocol. After one year, repeated measurements were made with 20 participants to determine whether effectiveness of the therapy was continuing, and pretest, posttest and follow-up measurements were compared. Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, Beck Depression Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory and Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 was used to collect data.
Result: Conducted analysis indicate noticeable differences between level of OCD symptom, depression and anxiety. These differences were observed in assessment results of pre-test, 5th therapy session and 10th session In comparison of follow-up measurements, there was a difference between pre-test and follow-up measurements. There was no differentiation between post-test and follow-up measurements, except for Y-BOCS measurements.
Conclusion: Findings would contribute to the widespread and effective use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in OCD treatment.
Key words: cognitive behavioral therapy; obsessive compulsive disorder; treatment effectiveness
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