naa a22 4500 510729983 CHVBK 20180411082949.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12671-012-0137-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12671-012-0137-y The Effectiveness and Acceptability of Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Review of the Literature [Elektronische Daten] [Lucy Hale, Clara Strauss, Billie Taylor] Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is the recommended psychological therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). However, CBT is not a panacea with only moderate response rates and relatively high drop-out rates. A mindfulness-based approach could enable people to notice intrusive thoughts without attaching significance and meaning to them. The purpose of this paper is to establish a rationale for using mindfulness for OCD and then to review the evidence for mindfulness-based approaches for OCD and to address three questions: (1) is mindfulness-based therapy effective in reducing symptoms of OCD? (2) is mindfulness-based therapy acceptable to people diagnosed with OCD, and (3) if effective, what are the mechanisms of change following mindfulness-based therapy for OCD? An electronic literature search was conducted using six databases. The final papers selected for review consisted of four empirical studies investigating mindfulness techniques in the treatment of OCD. The four empirical research papers retrieved included two single case studies, one A-B-C replication case series and one quasi-randomised controlled trial of a mindfulness group. All of the studies reviewed found positive effects of mindfulness on symptoms of OCD. This literature review provides an early indication that mindfulness-based therapy has promise as an intervention for the treatment of OCD. However, the conclusions drawn are limited by the designs used in the studies. The largest, arguably most rigorous study to date was conducted among a non-clinical sample. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2012 Mindfulness nationallicence Obsessive compulsive nationallicence OCD nationallicence CBT nationallicence Cognitive therapy nationallicence Hale Lucy School of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut Strauss Clara School of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut Taylor Billie School of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/4(2013-12-01), 375-382 1868-8527 4:4<375 2013 4 12671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0137-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0137-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hale Lucy School of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strauss Clara School of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taylor Billie School of Psychology, University of Surrey, GU2 7XH, Guildford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/4(2013-12-01), 375-382 1868-8527 4:4<375 2013 4 12671 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer