Open AccessPsychodynamic therapy of obsessive‐compulsive disorder: principles of a manual‐guided approach
Author(s) -
Leichsenring Falk,
Steinert Christiane
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 15.51
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2051-5545
pISSN - 1723-8617
DOI - 10.1002/wps.20339
Subject(s) - psychotherapist , psychodynamics , anxiety , psychodynamic psychotherapy , alliance , psychology , perspective (graphical) , exposure and response prevention , obsessive compulsive , anxiety disorder , medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law
Obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic disabling disorder characterized by recurrent obsessions and uncontrolled compulsions. Recent research suggests that OCD is more common than assumed before1. Cognitive‐behavioral therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been shown to be equally efficacious in OCD2, but with rates between 50% and 60% for response and 25% or below for remission3. Thus, further development of efficacious treatments is required.