General Psychiatry

CBT Done Over the Phone As Effective As In Person

CBT Done Over the Phone As Effective As In Person
CBT Done Over the Phone As Effective As In Person
Cognitive-behavioral therapy given over the phone to adolescents with OCD as effective as when therapy conducted face-to-face.

Many adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) do not have access to evidence-based treatment. A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial was conducted within a specialist OCD clinic to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone cognitive-behavioral therapy (TCBT) for adolescents with OCD compared to standard clinic-based face-to-face CBT.

Seventy-two adolescents aged 11-18 years with primary OCD and their parents were randomized to receive specialist TCBT or CBT. The intervention provided differed only in the method of treatment delivery. All participants received up to 14 sessions of CBT, incorporating exposure with response prevention (E/RP), provided by experienced therapists.

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