The Bergen 4-Day Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Does It Work in a New Clinical Setting?

Frontiers in Psychology

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Gunvor Launes¹  Inger Lill Laukvik¹  Tor Sunde¹  Ingrid Klovning¹  Kristen Hagen³  Stian Solem³  Lars-Göran Öst³  Bjarne Hansen²  Gerd Kvale² 

[1] Sørlandet Sykehus;Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen;Haukeland University Hospital;Department of Psychiatry, Molde Hospital;Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology;Department of Psychology, Stockholm University

关键词: obsessive-compulsive disorder;    ERP;    exposure therapy;    B4DT;    group therapy;    outcome;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01069

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Sørlandet Hospital in Norway has a history of offering patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) cognitive behavior group therapy using 12 weekly sessions of 2.5 h each. A previous evaluation of this treatment has shown that 51.9% did not respond at post-treatment. Recently, a highly concentrated group-treatment format, the Bergen 4-day treatment (B4DT), has been shown to help more than 90% of patients with OCD post-treatment. Based on these positive results, it was decided to explore whether the B4DT could be a feasible format for delivering ERP at another clinic. Thirty-five consecutively recruited patients were included in the current pilot study, and assessed at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up. Treatment response rate (35% reduction in OCD-symptom score) was 94% at post-treatment, and 80% at follow-up. Seventy-four percent were in remission at post-treatment and 68% at follow-up. Only one patient dropped out of treatment. The patients were highly satisfied with the treatment content and format. The results indicate that the 4-day treatment could successfully be implemented at a new clinic.

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