Storch Eric A, Mariaskin Amy, Murphy Tanya K
Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, 800 6th Street South, Box 7523, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2009 Aug;11(4):296-301. doi: 10.1007/s11920-009-0043-8.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention is a first-line intervention for adult and childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder. Methodologically rigorous controlled trials have suggested that benefits from CBT exceed those from placebo and attention-control conditions and have similar or greater efficacy than serotonergic monotherapy. This article reviews the nature of CBT and associated outcome data, highlighting recent empiric findings in the treatment literature.
