Abstract
Behavioral therapy utilizing exposure and response prevention (ERP) is considered the psychosocial treatment of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Individual ERP treatment is the most common therapy format, and much of the empirical support for ERP is based upon studies of OCD subjects treated individually. However, there are numerous advantages of delivering this effective intervention in a group format, including cost savings to patients and time-efficiency for ERP therapists. This review summarizes the 12 adult trials and 4 adolescent trials of group behavioral therapy for OCD conducted to date. The paper also describes a typical group therapy protocol in detail and describes the costs and benefits of delivering ERP for OCD in a group format. [Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 3:217–229 (2003)]
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