Internet-delivered Attention Training for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Internet-delivered Attention Training for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The goal of this study is to investigate an attention training program for participants with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The attention training consists of a modified dot probe task with picture stimuli related to washing and checking paired with neutral pictures.

Participants are randomly assigned to an experimental and a placebo-control group. After a minimum of 4 weeks of attention training we expect to find differences between participants of the experimental and the control group in terms of attention bias, OCD symptoms, anxiety and depression.

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of primary OCD according to OCI-R self report (cut-off >=18)

Exclusion Criteria:

• suicidal
• substance abuse or addiction
• psychotic symptoms
• visual impairment if not compensated with optical aid

Current treatment is not an exclusion criterion, but data on treatment status (current psycho- or pharmacotherapy for OCD) will enter our statistical analyses.