Behavioral avoidance predicts treatment outcome with exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Michael G WheatonMarina GershkovichThea GallagherEdna B FoaH Blair SimpsonPublished in: Depression and anxiety (2018)
These results suggest that avoidance behaviors are an important clinical factor in EX/RP outcomes and indicate that assessing avoidance may provide an efficient method for predicting EX/RP outcomes. Avoidance may be particularly relevant in EX/RP as compared to medication treatment, though future replication of these initial results is required.