Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in SSRI-Resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- age between 18 and 65;
- no less than 9 years in education;
- a DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD
- moderately symptomatic (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale score≥16)
- received at least two kinds of SSRIs at optimal dose for more than 12 weeks An optimal dose is described as following: clomipramine hydrochloride, at least 225 mg/d;fluoxetine, at least 60 mg/d; paroxetine hydrochloride, at least 60 mg/d; sertraline hydrochloride, at least 200 mg/d; fluvoxamine, at least 250 mg/d; citalopram hydrobromide,at least 60 mg/d; and escitalopram oxalate, at least 40 mg/d.Patients who are unable to tolerate the supposed optimal doses were also eligible if at their maximally tolerated dose.
Exclusion Criteria:
- with comorbid Axis I psychiatric disorders
- drug abuse in the last 3 months
- HAMD>25
- too severe to receive ACT or evaluation
- at high risk of suicide
- pregnant or prepare for pregnancy
- with somatic disorder
- received aripiprazole(≥10mg for 8weeks) or ACT(8 times within 2 months) before
- treated with no more than one kind of SSRI before
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
Other
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Aripiprazole
Stress management training
Patients randomized to ACT will receive weekly 45-50 minute sessions delivered over 8 weeks by a therapist. ACT will include mindfulness,learning new methods to handle problems,acceptance of thoughts and feelings, learning to disempower thoughts and feelings, and values-based committed action.
Patients randomized to aripiprazole group will be treated with aripiprazole at the dose of 10-20mg/day for 8 weeks.
Patients randomized to SMT group will be received 2 introductory sessions and 15 treatment sessions. SMT will include training of stress manage-ment skills, progressive muscle relaxation,positive imagery, assertiveness training, and problem solving.