A pilot study examining the use of Goal Management Training in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent meta-analyses point towards cognitive impairments in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), particularly in such executive function subdomains as planning and organization. Scant attention has focused on cognitive remediation strategies that may reduce cognitive dysfunction, with a possible corresponding decrease in symptoms of OCD.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the implementation of a standardized cognitive remediation program, Goal Management Training (GMT), in a pilot sample of individuals with OCD.

Method

Nineteen individuals with a primary DSM-5 diagnosis of OCD were randomized to receive either the 9-week GMT program (active group; n = 10) or to complete a 9-week waiting period (waitlist control; n = 9). Groups were

SUBMITTER: Cameron DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542336 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature