Four-Day OCD Treatment Achieves 42% Remission Rate

A four-day, therapist-guided treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) achieved a 42.1% remission rate three months after treatment, compared with 13.6% for an eight-week, self-guided online cognitive behavioral therapy program. The Bergen 4-Day Treatment (B4DT) involves intensive sessions in which participants confront situations that trigger their OCD symptoms and practice resisting compulsive behaviors. In a randomized clinical trial involving 119 adults ages 18 to 72, 61.4% of participants receiving B4DT experienced at least a 35% reduction in OCD symptoms, compared with 25.0% receiving online treatment.ed with 25.0% receiving online . . .