Group cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a review
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Behavioral therapy utilizing exposure and response prevention (ERP) is considered the psychosocial treatment of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Individual ERP treatment is the most common therapy format, and much of the empirical support for ERP is based upon studies of OCD subjects treated individually. However, there are numerous advantages of delivering this effective intervention in a group format, including cost savings to patients and time-efficiency for ERP therapists. This review summarizes the 12 adult trials and 4 adolescent trials of group behavioral therapy for OCD conducted to date. The paper also describes a typical group therapy protocol in detail and describes the costs and benefits of delivering ERP for OCD in a group format. [Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 3:217–229 (2003)]
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Group therapy can enhance the creation of informal support networks and improve self-esteem and perception of social competence when members help other group members.
“Asimismo, la terapia grupal puede potenciar la creación de redes informales de apoyo y mejorar la autoestima y percepción de competencia social de sus miembros cuando ayudan a otros miembros del grupo (Himle et al., 2003).”
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- Authors
- Himle, J. A., Van Etten, M., & Fischer, D. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention
- Publisher
- Portico
- Published
- 2003-06-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 217-230
- ISSN
- 1474-3310 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-3329
- OpenAlex
- W2000734753
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- FWCI
- 0.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- obsessive-compulsive disorder, group cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention, group therapy, treatment costs
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