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Alterations of Responsibility Beliefs Through Cognitive-Behavioural Group Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Tadashi Haraguchi
Affiliation:
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Eiji Shimizu*
Affiliation:
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Hiroshi Ogura
Affiliation:
Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Goro Fukami
Affiliation:
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Mihisa Fujisaki
Affiliation:
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Masaomi Iyo
Affiliation:
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
*
Reprint requests to Eiji Shimizu, Department of Integrative Neurophysiology (C2), Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Inohana 1-8-1, Chiba, 260–8670, Japan. E-mail: eiji@faculty.chiba-u.jp

Abstract

Background: Inflated responsibility is the main feature of cognitive-behavioural models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, few studies have examined the effect of cognitive-behavioural group therapy (CBGT) on inflated responsibility. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of CBGT on OCD symptoms and responsibility beliefs. Methods: Thirty-six subjects meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, criteria for OCD were recruited to CBGT, and 28 of them completed 12 sessions. Subjects were assessed using the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the Responsibility Attitude Scale (RAS), and the Responsibility Interpretations Questionnaire (RIQ) at pre- and post-treatment. Results: Y-BOCS, RAS and RIQ (belief) scores were significantly improved at the end of the treatment. Conclusion: This study indicates that CBGT improves not only obsessive-compulsive symptoms but also inflated responsibility beliefs in patients with OCD.

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Brief Clinical Reports
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2011

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