Group versus individual cognitive-behavioural treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Researchers from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, compared the effectiveness of group vs. individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and found both programs highly effective by the time of follow-up.
Researchers from the School of Psychology at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, compared the effectiveness of group vs. individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Subjects were randomly assigned to either a 10-week individual CBT program, an identical, 10-week group CBT program or a wait-list condition. Large effect sizes were found for both treatment conditions. Analysis of clinically significant change showed that, although the individual treatment program was associated with a more rapid response, both treatments had equivalent rates of recovered participants by the time of follow-up.
Citation: Anderson RA, Rees CS. Group versus individual cognitive-behavioural treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a controlled trial. Behavioral Research and Therapy. 2007 Jan; 45 (1): pages 123-37. Epub 2006 Mar 15.
