None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
By conducting this project we hope to explore the short and long term benefits of a self-guided treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder. We also hope to find out how acceptable the program is to consumers and how we can improve the program. The results will inform us about who is likely to benefit from this treatment protocol and how best to administer this program.
Interventions
Participants will complete 6 online lessons in 10 weeks. The online lessons take approximately 30 minutes to read through, with homework exercises taking a further hour per day. The lessons are based on current best practice cognitive and behavioural techniques and include exposure and response prevention, and cognitive techniques. Exposure and response prevention involves gradually confronting feared situations whilst resisting the compulsive behaviours that would normally be used to reduce anx
Participants will complete 6 online lessons in 10 weeks. The online lessons take approximately 30 minutes to read through, with homework exercises taking a further hour per day. The lessons are based on current best practice cognitive and behavioural techniques and include exposure and response prevention, and cognitive techniques. Exposure and response prevention involves gradually confronting feared situations whilst resisting the compulsive behaviours that would normally be used to reduce anxiety. The cognitive techniques are aimed at reducing the common cognitive biases seen in OCD and are aimed to help the participant to reduce their overestimation of threat and responsibility, reduce the need to control their thoughts and understand the misinterpretation of the meaning of these thoughts. The cognitive techniques also aim to help people to reduce their need for certainty and perfectionism.
Sponsors
Macquarie University
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
An Australian resident Aged 18-65 years Have access to a computer with internet access Elevated symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (score equal to or greater than 16 on the total YBOCS or 10 or more on either the obsessions or compulsions subscale).
Exclusion criteria
History of or current Psychosis/mania Current Suicidal plans or severe depression Score less than 16 on the YBOCS
Outcome results
None listed