Narrative Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentIntervention Model Description: A group consisting of 12-15 participants will be recruited for this initial exploratory study.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 65 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Many patients referred to the Thompson Centre at Sunnybrook have severe OCD, and have significant and disabling symptoms even after completing our treatment protocols, including our intensive and residential programs. These patients have already undergone traditional cognitive behavioural therapy (C...
Many patients referred to the Thompson Centre at Sunnybrook have severe OCD, and have significant and disabling symptoms even after completing our treatment protocols, including our intensive and residential programs. These patients have already undergone traditional cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP), as well as pharmacotherapy. Patients voice distress at their poor quality of life and high symptom burden, and can feel hopeless, if they have exhausted numerous evidence-based treatment options without significant improvement. Narrative therapy is a unique approach, based on the premise that language reflects a social construction of reality. Individuals with severe mental illness hold within themselves life narratives that reinforce their painful beliefs about themselves, the world, and others. Evidence indicates that narrative therapy can help to create a more cohesive identity and a more flexible view of the self and the future. Our primary goal is to determine whether narrative therapy could improve OCD symptom burden and quality of life in a highly treatment-resistant population. Domains such as mood, identity, and interpersonal connectedness are secondary measures. The research questions are: could narrative therapy lead to symptomatic improvement in treatment-resistant OCD? And could narrative therapy improve the domains of mood, interpersonal connectedness, and/or identity in patients with treatment-resistant OCD?
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04154085
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Not Provided