The Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality Treatment With Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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The current study aims to the clinical effectiveness of the Immersive Virtual Reality alongside exprosure and response Prevention (ERP) Treatment in cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. 30 OCD patients whose symptom were mainly associated with "contamination/clean" , "Symm...

The current study aims to the clinical effectiveness of the Immersive Virtual Reality alongside exprosure and response Prevention (ERP) Treatment in cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive-compulsive Disorder. 30 OCD patients whose symptom were mainly associated with "contamination/clean" , "Symmetry/precision", "Examination" and "Sex" will be randomized into two groups (i.e. VR ERP or ERP). The treatment will be performed twice a week for the first two weeks. And for the next 4 week, the treatment for OCD patients will be undertook once a week. There will be 8 times in total. The investigators will assess thhe OCD patients'symptom severity in the baseline, 2 weeks, 4weeks and after 8 weeks of the whole combined treatment. Through the study, Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale?Y-BOCS?, the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised (OCI-R), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and side-effect questionnaire will be obtained by a trained investigator. The patients will also get individual's data of EEG and eye-movement.

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