Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on the Single Case Study Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Abstract

This study is a single case therapeutic intervention based report; we have to design pre and post assessment with the help of some psychological rating tools. The present study examined to the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral and some techniques used of same therapeutic relational approaches, this is a pure or predominant obsession is a subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder case according to (ICD-11 under the categories “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with fair to good Insight, 6B20.0. Depressive Disorder, GA 34.41. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, 6B00”). This study used based of cognitive behavior, CBT Model, ERP and used multiple therapeutic techniques of Cognitive behavioral therapy. The present study W, 23 yrs old married male came with chief complaints of the multiple blasphemous thoughts, unwanted sexual images running in the mind, unseen images of sexual area of mother and God since 12 years and seen multiple symptoms of the generalized anxiety or depressive psychopathology. Studying in graduation and belong to middle SES according to kuppuswamy scale. He brought by his parents in IMHH, Agra in OPD and done pre assessment before the applied therapy session. His result showed high severity of OCD symptoms. After 3 months again applied same tools, and seen approximately 50% to 55% major reduction his symptoms that further gradually decreased his symptoms and sessions continued till 2 months. Follow-up continued and patient no longer meet the criteria for OCD, Generalized Anxiety disorders and Depressive symptoms.