Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Study protocol for a randomized controlled
Lu Lu1, Tianran Zhang1, Rui Gao1
1Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, P.R. China.
Abstract:
This article presents a study protocol for a single-blind randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy and feasibility of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. A total of 120 un-medicated Chinese obsessive-compulsive disorder patients will be randomized to the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy group, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor group or the psycho-education group for 11 sessions in 10 weeks. A range of scales for clinical symptoms and functional magnetic resonance imaging will be completed at baseline (week 0), mid-intervention (week 4), post-intervention (week 10) and the 6-month follow-up (weeks 14, 22 and 34). The study will have relevance to decisions about treatment options for un-medicated obsessive-compulsive disorder patients.
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