TY - JOUR
T1 - Home-based treatment of obsessive-compulsive patients
T2 - intersession interval and therapist involvement
AU - Emmelkamp, Paul M. G.
AU - van Linden van den Heuvell, Chiquit
AU - Rüphan, Marjolein
AU - Sanderman, Robbert
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - In a 2 × 2 factorial design massed vs spaced and therapist vs self-controlled exposure were compared with obsessive-compulsive patients. Intersession interval was varied keeping constant the length of exposure time and number of exposure sessions. Treatment in all conditions was home based. Treatment led to highly statistical and significant improvements on all measures. Massed exposure was as effective as spaced exposure; self-controlled exposure proved to be as effective as therapist-controlled exposure.
AB - In a 2 × 2 factorial design massed vs spaced and therapist vs self-controlled exposure were compared with obsessive-compulsive patients. Intersession interval was varied keeping constant the length of exposure time and number of exposure sessions. Treatment in all conditions was home based. Treatment led to highly statistical and significant improvements on all measures. Massed exposure was as effective as spaced exposure; self-controlled exposure proved to be as effective as therapist-controlled exposure.
U2 - 10.1016/0005-7967(89)90124-1
DO - 10.1016/0005-7967(89)90124-1
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
SN - 0005-7967
VL - 27
SP - 89
EP - 93
JO - Behaviour Research and Therapy
JF - Behaviour Research and Therapy
IS - 1
ER -