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Cognitive behavioral therapy for OCD
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What experts have said about Cognitive behavioral therapy for OCD
3 statements · 3 positive
In the cited comparison, placebo had little effect while CBT substantially reduced OCD symptoms
“Placebo did not reduce the obsessions or compulsions to any significant degree. However, cognitive behavioral therapy had a dramatic effect in reducing the obsessions and compulsions”
Open the episode · Essentials: The Science & Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Listen at 25:20
The cited CBT trial reduced symptom scores from about 25 to 11 by four weeks
“by four weeks, that score that in this case ranged from 8 to 28, dropped all the way from 25 down to about 11”
Open the episode · Essentials: The Science & Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Listen at 25:34
Huberman evaluates CBT as the most effective OCD treatment
“This points to the idea that cognitive behavioral therapy is the most effective treatment”
Open the episode · Essentials: The Science & Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Listen at 27:36
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