Internet Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Pilot Study

The main aim of this study is to test whether cognitive behavior therapy could be effective in treating obsessive compulsive disorder. Here, the investigators test the in group effects of a 15 week long treatment delivered via the Internet for residents in Stockholm County.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with Obsessive compulsive disorder according to the DSM criteria
• Be at least 18 years old
• YBOCS >7

Exclusion Criteria:

• other primary diagnosis
• substance abuse,
• psychosis,
• bipolar disorder,
• suicidal ideation,
• adjusted pharmacological treatment the last two months
• current psychological treatment for OCD,
• been treated with CBT the last two years,
• serious somatic disease,
• Y---BOCS>31
• hoarding as primary OCD subtype