Improving treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Does motivational interviewing boost efficacy?

Although exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the first line psychological treatment for individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), many people experience partial recovery and others refuse treatment or drop out. This randomized controlled study (n= 40) examined the effect of a three-session motivational interviewing (MI) intervention compared to a three-session relaxation intervention prior to 15 sessions of ERP on treatment …