Effectiveness of exposure response prevention therapy among obsessive compulsive disorder patients

Introduction: The study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of exposure response prevention therapy among the obsessive compulsive disorder patients visiting OPD at Govt. psychiatric disease hospital (also known as Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, IMHAN-K) Srinagar, Kashmir. Methodology Quasi-experimental pre and post-test control design was used to determine the effectiveness of ERPT among the OCD patients. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from OCD patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Data was collected by using Y-BOCS checklist and Social-demographic data sheet. Pilot study was conducted on 7 patients who visited OPD at IMHANS-K, Srinagar. The main study was conducted on 40 patients, among which only 30 have completed the intervention. These 30 patients were further divided into two groups; one group who received only medication and second group received both medication as well as therapy sessions. Our objective was also to find any difference between the two groups in terms of score of Y-BOCS and effectiveness of ERP. Results: showed that the group which received treatment and ERPT sessions showed less score on Y-BOCS comparative to the group which only received the pharmacological treatment. Conclusion the study concluded that ERPT is effective in reducing the symptoms of OCD.