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Cognitive-behavioural therapy augments the effects of deep brain stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Mantione, M., Nieman, D. H., Figee, M., Denys, D.·2014·Psychological Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising new treatment for patients with treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, since most DBS patients only show a partial response, the treatment still needs to be improved. In this study we hypothesized that cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) could optimize the post-operative management in DBS and we evaluated the efficacy of CBT as augmentation to DBS targeted at the nucleus accumbens. METHOD: A total of 16 patients with treatment-refractory OCD were treated with DBS targeted at the nucleus accumbens. After stabilization of decline in OCD symptoms, a standardized 24-week CBT treatment programme was added to DBS in an open-phase trial of 8 months. Changes in obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. RESULTS: Following the addition of CBT to DBS, a significant decrease in obsessive-compulsive symptoms was observed, but not in anxiety and depressive symptoms. In a subsequent double-blind phase, in which stimulation was discontinued, OCD symptoms returned to baseline (relapse) and anxiety and depressive symptoms worsened (rebound) compared with baseline. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this explorative study suggest that a combined treatment of accumbens DBS and CBT may be optimal for improving obsessive-compulsive symptoms in treatment-refractory OCD. However, a subsequent randomized controlled trial is necessary to draw firm conclusions. It seems that DBS results in affective changes that may be required to enable response prevention in CBT. This may indicate that DBS and CBT act as two complementary treatments.

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  • A recent study demonstrated combining DBS with CBT (which included ERP) resulted in reduction of OCD symptoms in a treatment-refractory sample.

    “a recent study demonstrated that combining DBS with CBT (which included ERP) resulted in a reduction of OCD symptoms in a treatment-refractory sample.[70]”
  • Rehabilitation and behavioral therapy have been shown to have an additive effect for patients receiving DBS for OCD.

    “Rehabilitation and behavioral therapy have been shown to have an additive effect for patients receiving DBS for OCD [113].”

    From Deep brain stimulation for depression. (2022) · cites this paper as [113]

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Authors
Mantione, M., Nieman, D. H., Figee, M., & Denys, D.
Affiliations
  • Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NL)
Corresponding author
  • Mantione, M.
  • Denys, D.
Venue
Psychological Medicine
Published
2014-04-25
Volume
44
Issue
16
Pages
3515-3522
ISSN
  • 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8978
OpenAlex
W2105399857
Cited by
129
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 10
FWCI
8.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
Funders
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive disorder, deep brain stimulation, cognitive behavioral therapy, treatment-refractory OCD, nucleus accumbens, augmentation therapy, response prevention, symptom recurrence, anxiety and depressive symptoms
MeSH terms
Adult, Combined Modality Therapy, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Severity of Illness Index, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Cross-Over Studies, Deep Brain Stimulation

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