Behavioral avoidance predicts treatment outcome with exposure and response prevention for obsessive –compulsive disorder

ConclusionsThese results suggest that avoidance behaviors are an important clinical factor in EX/RP outcomes and indicate that assessing avoidance may provide an efficient method for predicting EX/RP outcomes. Avoidance may be particularly relevant in EX/RP as compared to medication treatment, though future replication of these initial results is required.

Source: Depression and Anxiety - February 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Michael G. Wheaton, Marina Gershkovich, Thea Gallagher, Edna B. Foa, H. Blair Simpson Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research