Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic condition. Even with proper treatment, no significant improvement is reached in about 30% to 40% of patients. Thus, the development of new treatment strategies is necessary. The attentional bias - ability to aversive stimuli in capturing the attention of an individual compared to a neutral stimulus - has been extensively studied. Already training attentional bias modification has been shown effective in reducing anxiety present in other anxiety disorders.This project aims to: 1 - generate knowledge on attentional bias in individuals with OCD through the use of a standardized protocol developed for OCD; 2 - available to the scientific community the first specific paradigm for the study of attentional bias in OCD patients, 3 - test the effectiveness of a training protocol for reversing attentional bias in individuals with OCD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
30
The attentional bias modification treatment is a behavioral computerized program (software e-prime)
University of Sao Paulo Medical School
São Paulo, Brazil
Percentage of reduction of attentional bias
Time frame: Patients will be followed an expected average of 7 weeks (baseline, 2 sessions per week - totalizing 5 weeks, 10 sessions and a session after end of treatment). Measures of attentional bias will be assessed in baseline, session 5 and after session 10.
Reduction of anxiety symptoms
Time frame: Baseline, session 5 and end of treatment (after session 10) (expected average of 7 weeks)
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