Open AccessAripirazole and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Case Study
Author(s) -
Sevim Berrin İnci̇,
Ülkü Akyol Ardıç,
Melis İpçi̇,
Eyüp Sabri Ercan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bilişsel davranışçı psikoterapi araştırmalar dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2146-9490
DOI - 10.5455/jcbpr.204246
Subject(s) - obsessive compulsive , cognitive behavioral therapy , cognition , psychology , psychotherapist , cognitive therapy , clinical psychology , behavioral therapy , psychiatry
Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by presence of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are defined by recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that experienced at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted and that cause marked anxiety. Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or acording to rules that must be applied rigidly because of preventing or reducing anxiety. Several drug and pschosocial treatments have been suggested for OCD that including both cognitive and behavioral aspects. Cognitive behavioral therapy and seratonin reuptake inhibitors are first-line treatment for OCD. In this case we studied the association of cognitive behavioral therapy and aripiprazole treatment. While the reduction in OCD symptoms with aripiprazole, treatment resistance is disappeare providing significant improvements in functionality and motivation to treatment with CBT. [JCBPR 2016; 5(1.000): 44-49